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Property Opportunities in the Booming WA Economy
March 24th, 2021At long last, things finally appear to be looking up! WA is heading towards a budget surplus, the resources sector is ticking along nicely, the property market is turning its fortunes around, the national unemployment rate is falling, and consumer confidence is on track to return to (and eventually exceed) pre-COVID levels. As such, savvyread more
My Term Deposit is About to Mature – What are my Options?
February 19th, 2021Term deposits have been a staple of many people’s wealth portfolio for a long time. However, with interest rates slashed in recent years, we are now seeing the banks (especially the “Big 4”) offering miserly interest rates of around 0.5% per annum. This is now lower than the rate of inflation, so term deposit investorsread more
WA Property Market – 2020 in Review
February 2nd, 2021What a year 2020 was. Last year threw more curveballs and brought forth more global issues than anyone would have expected – but how did the WA property market fare overall? Our previous pieces on the WA property market, looking at various months throughout 2020, painted a picture of uncertainty, adaptability, and perhaps most ofread more
WA Property Market Update – November 2020
November 13th, 2020While other parts of the country, and indeed the world, continue to get to grips with COVID-19, Western Australia remains relatively untouched and is enjoying the lead up to summer with just about 100% “normality”. So, if our lifestyles are anything to go by, things are looking up – but what’s to be said about theread more
Update: Coronavirus SME Loan Guarantee Scheme 2.0
October 13th, 2020Forming part of the Government’s Coronavirus stimulus package measures, the SME Loan Guarantee scheme was introduced to provide working capital support to Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) with an annual turnover of less than $50 million. Since its initial phase, the Government has announced changes to the scheme to broaden its reach and provide moreread more
COVID-19 and Your Super
August 27th, 2020The impact of COVID-19 has been vast and complex – and super, particularly Self-Managed Superannuation, is no exception. As the government continues to bring in and tweak economic stimulus measures to help people and businesses keep their heads above water, some changes have been made to SMSFs and what funds are allowed to do duringread more
Cognitive Biases in Investment – and how to Mitigate their Effects
August 23rd, 2019When it comes to investment, fluctuations in prices, the availability of information and volatile economic conditions all play a part in the decisions that investors make. Behind all of this, though, is a whole suite of cognitive biases that sometimes lead to poor investment decisions. Simply put, a cognitive bias is a natural, hard-wired, systematicread more
Making the Switch from Interest-Only to Principal & Interest Finance
May 31st, 2019Home owners and investors alike are presented with such a wide variety of loan facilities these days that it can seem hard to work out what’s best in the long run, particularly when you consider your future borrowing power. The battle between Interest Only (IO) and Principal & Interest (P&I) loans may swing in favourread more
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