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Market Update – April 2023

How Has Your Suburb Fared in the Property Market Over the Last 10 Years?   We understand that many of you may have seen a recent reduction in the value of your property holdings, which can be attributed to the dramatic increase in borrowing rates. As...

Market Update – February 2023

Economic Update  - Monetary policy / Interest rates and Inflation  The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is in the headlines  - everyone wants to know why things seem so tough. Interest rates are up, property values are down, and everything seems...

Market Update – August 2022

Investment returns for the 21/22 financial year The 21/22 financial year was an incredibly difficult period for investors, share markets retreated from their end of 2021 highs, with Australian shares posting a -7.40% return, US shares posting a -2.40% return and...

New super opportunities from 1 July 2022

Now that the end of financial year is behind us, it is time to shift focus from strategies relating to the management of taxation outcomes and superannuation and begin to look ahead, with some superannuation contribution rules changing from today (1 July 2022). These...

Market Update – June 2022

Well, what a difference six months make.  I wrote a post earlier in the year to outline the strong share market and property returns everyone  enjoyed in 2021.  Interest rates were low, there was no war, property and shares were performing well, and inflation wasn’t...