Housing is not the only asset against which banks have been making sub-prime loans – there are shares as well.After a long period of cheap…

Housing is not the only asset against which banks have been making sub-prime loans – there are shares as well.After a long period of cheap…
I’m not in the business of comparing residential property investment with other asset classes; there are simply too many differences, rang…
Australian markets have tumbled by more than 140 points today in the wake of big overnight falls on US markets, shaken by the announcement o…
Slowing growth and increasing concern about the future are evident in new consumer confidence, housing and employment figures released today…
Australian sharemarkets have staged a midday recovery today after falling over 1.4% in the 40 minutes after opening this morning.By 12.30p…
The US could already be in recession, one Wall Street heavyweight says, fuelling concerns of a possible sharp decline in the global economy….
The Australian sharemarket slide continued today with the S&P/ASX200 falling more than 1.3% in its first 20 minutes of trading this morn…
A rise in home loan interest rates will not have a short term affect on property prices. But any significant jumps would affect the market, …
The venture capital vultures are hovering, and the bottom feeders expect a feed off an asset fire-sale. Make sure your business isn’t on the…
As good as it gets… or will US (market) forces get the nod? In looking at the global economy in 2008, there’s both good news and bad…
Today I will visit not so much ‘growth’ but what stifles growth, which these days is more likely to be a pin-striped financial spiv. St…
A $US9.4 billion write-down of sub-prime exposed mortgage assets by global investment banking giant Morgan Stanley has not been enough to tr…