Rate cut inevitable?
Just as we were congratulating ourselves on our conservative approach to share investing, US markets surged.
Friday, April 13, 2012

Jobs, inflation expectations contradict rate cut pressure; Australia's missing sovereign wealth fund
ABS jobs data and Melbourne Institute inflation expectations confound the pessimists.
Thursday, April 12, 2012

Save the steelworkers
'THE Australian Workers Union wants the government to expand its minerals resources rent tax to slow the mining boom, lower the value of the dollar and alleviate the worsening crisis gripping the steel and manufacturing sectors'.
Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Share price correction welcomed
'Stocks are suffering their worst stretch of the year. Many investors say it's about time'.
Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Saturday Sanity Break, 7 April 2012
The coming Eurozone crisis

Good Friday, 2012
An Easter reflection

Financial regulatory reform
The response of regulators to the global financial crisis has been partial, fragmented and ineffective.
Thursday, April 05, 2012

Well, b##ger me
The commentariat almost to a man have interpreted the RBA's statement as suggesting that a good inflation outcome in late April will lead the RBA to make a rate cut following its Mayday meeting, in anticipation of a 'responsible budget'.
Wednesday, April 04, 2012

Monetary policy on hold
I have no doubt that many people are doing it tough.  This itself is no reason to cut interest rates.
Tuesday, April 03, 2012