Credit ETFs are exchange-traded funds that invest in bonds or fixed-income securities. A best ETF portfolio includes a mix of equity and credit to balance capital growth and income. It can be challenging for Australian investors to access to invest in bonds directly. Credit ETFs provide ease of access to the Australian bond market and, unlike dividend stocks provides […]
Australian State Foreign Investor Stamp Duty and Land Tax Surcharge List
The Australian economy was on a record run before Covid, which had a few paralleled around the globe. It is as much due to the resilience of the economy as being the lucky country. 30 years since between recessions, we saw the start and end super commodity boom, global financial crises and now a record […]
ASX Infrastructure Shares
There are multiple ways of investing in infrastructure, ranging from owning infrastructure shares through listed infrastructure funds and unlisted funds that directly own the assets. This post covers the list of ASX infrastructure shares for those looking to take direct equity positions. ASX infrastructure shares are a continuation of our series highlighting the different companies […]
Macquarie Share Price Versus The Big 4 Banks
Macquarie Bank relative performance [wpdatatable id=139] The table shows the performance of Macquarie’s share price relative to other Australian bank share prices. We did not include the smaller regional banks for the sake of simplicity. There is a distinct difference in the performance of Macquarie bank because the company has different earning drivers to the […]
Big 4 Banks Share Price Bounced, Is The Worst Over?
Australian investors love Australian banks as they are known to be some of the most consistent dividend income and relative level of income protection it provides. The fall in the big 4 share price recently is an ominous sign for the market and the Australian economy in the future. The big four major banks historically made up […]
Listed Infrastructure Fund – VBLD vs IFRA
Infrastructure investments are commonly characterized as a defensive asset class and known for their stable cash flows. The asset class can be attractive for income-focused investors looking for a stream of consistent, in some cases passive income. Investors commonly seek out infrastructure style assets through unlisted investment vehicles. It is the most cost and management efficient […]
UK Market Holidays 2021
Is the UK Market Open for trading? The list below shows the days in which the London Stock Exchange is closed for trading. Good Friday Friday 2 April 2021 Easter Monday Monday 5 April 2021 Early May Bank Holiday Monday 3 May 2021 Spring Bank Holiday Monday 31 May 2021 Summer Bank Holiday Monday 30 […]
US Market Holidays 2021
Is the US market open for trading? These are the days in which the US equity market is not open for trading. The US bond market, in some cases, observes different market holidays. New Years Day Friday, January 1 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Monday, January 18 President’s Day Monday, February 15 Good Friday Friday, […]
Largest ASX ETF – Vanguard Australian Shares (ASX VAS)
Vanguard Australian Shares Index Fund (ASX VAS) is the largest Exchange Traded Fund of its kind listed on the ASX. The common idea everyone has of investing is professionals picking stocks that they think will outperform the market. Research consistently shows a large portion of active funds does not beat the market after fees. Index Funds […]
Best Passive Income Ideas for 2021
Investment returns usually correspond to the risk level, but the holy grail for investors has always been assets with an easy passive income stream while taking low risks. Rarely the market provides a free lunch and generally follows the trend that high risk means high returns. Many structural products are engineered and designed to look like low risk […]
Newcrest Mining Dividends (NCM)
Newcrest is Australia’s largest gold miner and is included ASX mining index.
Genworth Mortgage Insurance (ASX GMA) – Turning A New Leaf
What is Lender Mortgage Insurance? GMA is a single line insurance company offering lender mortgage insurance through the major Australian banks. It provides a direct exposure to the LMI segment of the insurance market with the other competitor being QBE which is operated as a diversified insurer. Even as LMI is purchased by mortgage customers, […]
ASX Trading Days 2021
ASX Trading Days The list below shows the days that the ASX closes early or closed for trading. Even though the Australian stock exchange is located in Sydney, the nontrading days reflect Australia’s national Australian public holidays. 2021 Dates Non Trading Days Friday, 1 January New Year’s Day Tuesday, 26 January Australia Day Friday, 2 […]
Domain.com.au is still playing catch up (DHG vs REA)
The Australian real estate classified market is dominated by two first movers in the area which were originally built off the backs of the classified business of major newspaper mastheads, News Corp and Fairfax. The market leader in the sector as of today is realestate.com.au (ASX REA) and Domain.com.au (ASX DHG), recently spun off from […]
Rio Tinto Dual Listing Arbitrage?
The mining industry makes up one of the largest sectors in the ASX and Rio Tinto (RIO) as one of Australia and globally largest listed diversified miner is one of the largest contributor to the sector market size. Historically we preferred Rio over BHP (or S32) due to its higher concentrated exposure the main commodity […]
List of Australia Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) Shares
The Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) shares, along with health care shares on the ASX are one of the best places to be over the last 12 months. These sectors contributed to the Australian index funds’ outperformance that wouldn’t have occurred otherwise without these companies. BNPL is one of the significant Fintech innovations homegrown in Australia, and now its […]
Australian Companies Exposed to China
Not a day goes by without the Australia-China trade spat appear in the news headlines. The list of main Australia exports shows China appears to be Australia’s largest export market not just in iron ore, copper but across a number of products such as seafood (lobsters) and wheat products. There is a long list of […]
What to look for when choosing ETFs vs Stocks?
Innovation in the financial market usually gets a bad reputation from portfolio insurance to CDOs. Exchange traded funds is a natural extension of index funds and is one of the better technological development in finance. It has effectively democratized cheap and efficient means for individual to gain exposure to the market. Stock picking has always […]
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Which Australia Main Exports Are At Risk to China’s Will?
Australia-China relations are at a nadir and China has been gradually culling domestic demand for Australia’s main exports. China is Australia’s largest market for a number of export sectors. China is the world’s factory but with Australia it is one of the only few countries whereby it has a trade deficit. China’s insatiable demand for […]
Key Issues Investors Need to know in comparing ETF vs Index Funds
Investors sometimes use ETF and index funds interchangeably which can confuse that both things are the same. A common question people ask is are there differences between exchange traded funds and index funds? and if so which is better ETF vs Index Fund? and how do you go about investing in an index fund? What is […]
Smart Beta ETF Guide (Factor Investing)
There are a large body of research shows that a only a small number of funds after fees beat the market over the long run. It has become common knowledge that investors should just track the market by buying index funds. The first index fund portfolio were constructed using size (commonly market cap) as a key metric […]
NSW Property Supernova – Property Land Tax Reform
NSW government has announced it will look to reform the stamp duty regime and shift towards land tax as the basis of tax on property in the state. NSW Stamp Duty vs Land Tax This is a long awaited piece of reform by all accounts. Stamp duty or a tax on the value of the […]
Investing in commercial property investment syndicate
What is a Property Syndicate? A property syndicate a group of investors decide to pool their capital to acquire a single or portfolio of direct real estate assets. The pooling of the capital across multiple investors via a syndicate allows individuals to invest in larger assets that they wouldn’t be able to otherwise. Commercial property […]
Everything you need to know about unlisted property fund
Investors can invest in commercial property through listed real estate investment trusts (REITs) or unlisted property trusts. REITs are real estate investment funds traded on stock exchanges (listed property trusts). Unlisted property funds are essentially REITs that are not listed. Investors in these funds cannot easily buy more or sell their units after the initial […]
ASX Growth Shares – Try to Keep up with the momentum
As growth becomes scarce in the low-interest environment, investors have been piling into a select group of shares, pushing them up relative to the rest of the market. Growth shares are shares of companies growing revenues and earnings faster than the rest of the market as investors realize growth companies as a group have out […]
A2M dividends safe from Australia-China Trade Tensions?
China represents A2 Milk’s largest market outside of Australia and a key growth avenue for the company. Lately, the A2M share price has underperformed the market due to the possibility of A2M milk dragged into the list of import products shadowbanned by the Chinese government. A2M dividends look reasonably covered as the dividend payout ratio is only […]
It looks like G8 Education has a Slow Road to Recovery
G8 Education share price took a hit during the covid sell off and since then the recovery has been slow yet steady. One of the biggest misconception of the child care sector is that it turns out during periods of economic uncertainties, spending on childcare is discretionary. Unemployment or lack of employment attractive opportunity is […]
How Much Can Crown Share Price Fall?
The Crown share price recently has taken a beating after the revelations from the NSW liquor and gaming inquiry showed the incompetence of the management and board to the whole world. The backdrop of limits on international tourism and the shutdown of Melbourne where it makes up a largest share of its earning is not […]
Gold Coast Property Forecast
The Gold Coast property market is well known to through boom and bust cycles. The volatile mix of reliance on tourism, ease of development which create a supply exactly when not needed forms strong cyclicality to the property market that has much sharper rise and falls compared to other markets in Australia. The regular up […]
Best ASX Mining Shares
The mining sector Australia’s largest export industry and mining shares makes up the largest component of companies listed on the Australian Stock Exchange. The performance of the sector is best captured by the ASX Metals and Mining Index which extracts the list of miners included in the main broader ASX 300 market index. In addition […]
Top ASX Healthcare Shares
The Healthcare sector is one of the most visible sector on the ASX. Instead of just throwing together a list of healthcare shares, we’ve put together a narrower list health care shares just in the ASX 300 and provided a context for the sub sectors so it is easier for investors to understand the sector. […]
10 Cheapest ETFs on the ASX (IVV vs VTS)
We looked at the cheapest ETFs on the ASX as it is well reported investment management fees can have a large impact on the portfolio’s returns over the long run. The impact of fees has the opposite effect dividend compounding where overtime it detracts from the returns of the investment. Naturally, the higher the fee, […]
All of the Companies in the ASX 30
Standard and Poor’s provide index information on most ASX market indicies like the ASX 300. But unlike the main market indexes ASX 30 is not an official market index tracked by S&P or recognised by the Australian Stock Exchange. The indexes are market capitalization index which means the total makeup of the index is proportional […]
list of monthly dividend stocks on ASX
A crucial piece for dividend investors that are more focused on a regular income stream is a preference for a more frequent monthly dividend payment schedule. For most of the companies listed on the ASX dividends are paid after the interim or annual results and companies rarely pay quarterly dividends due to the administrative burden […]
Newcrest Dividend Yield and History
Gold price has recently been on a tear given investor apprehension to all of the unfunded government stimulus as result of Covid. Share price of the gold miners tracked the broader gold price (and gold etfs) Newcrest is the largest gold miner listed on the ASX. Newcrest Dividend Yield Gold miners are not known for […]
TPG Telecom – A new beginning
TPG Telecom is now undisputedly the top 3 telecom provider in Australia and it got to where it is today from implementing an acquisitive strategy. It bought iinet, the 2nd largest provider of DSL and National Broadband Network (NBN) internet service in Australia at the time and now following the merger with Vodafone it cement […]
How real estate returns are split between Income and Capital Gains
Total real estate returns is made up of a combination of income and capital gains. In order to maximise long term real estate return is by knowing the key drivers in each component which will create value. A common trap for new investors in property is evaluating investments just based on the income yield on […]
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APA Group Share Price Shows Business Steady As She Goes
APA Group is an owner and operator of Australian energy infrastructure assets and the company sits comfortably as the largest listed infrastructure company on the ASX and in the ASX 100 index. It is often the goto company for investors looking for a big well known Australian company which pays consistent dividends. [wpdatatable id=250] APA […]
Secrets you should know when compare mortgage rate today
There are alot of mortgage rate comparison websites which tries to grab your attention by getting the crowd’s attention by show the lowest possible mortgage rate. I am sure the extremely or almost unbelievable rate looks attractive there are a number of fine prints that the potential borrower should know. 1. The lowest mortgage rate […]
Capital Gains Tax On Shares Investments
Paying taxes is a fact of life. We never worry about paying capital gains tax shares because it means we made a profit on the investment. We have prepared a simple primer on most common questions on this issue. These are our thoughts only and is not a substitute for professional advice. Depending on individual […]
You can see a new bull market in the iron ore price chart
Iron ore has proven to be one of the resilient commodities in face of market volatility after Covid. This can be attributed to the V shaped economic recovery in China where the 2020 steel production was above 2019 and the prior 5 year trend. The price chart of the iron ore price shows the price […]
Top 4 signs which will lead to interest rate rises by RBA
Australians have taken on record amount of debt to double down on housing in the current low interest rate environment. The million dollar question for Australian property investors this year is when will the interest rate rise? This is an important question as evidently the property market in the major cities has slowed materially and real […]
Coca Cola Share Price – Catching A Falling Knife
Coca Cola Amatil share price has took a big hit during the Covid sell off and is one of the worst performers in the S&P/ASX 50. The slow recovery in CCL share price can be attributed a number of factors directly attributed to the changes instilled by Covid and its persistence which provides a number […]
Australian Cumulative Preference Shares
Cumulative preference shares or commonly referred to as hybrid shares is one of the most common form of capital raised by Australian banks from retail investors. Bank preference shares by far make up the largest segment of the hybrid market. Cumulative Preference Shares Preference shares are a form of hybrid investment which sits in between […]
Perth House Price Recovery Seen in 2 Charts
The mining boom ended not with a bang but a whimper. Since the peak in 2013, the prices of Australia’s key commodity exports declined gradually and finally bottom in 2016. For Iron Ore, the worse looks to be over. The recovery in the Australian dollar confirms and its resilient performance post Covid reflect this however […]
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What’s Next for Sydney Apartment Prices?
The Sydney apartment prices has consistently traded at a premium to other major capital cities in Australia. We covered the reasons why the geographical constraints of the city will always provide a base level of house and apartment prices in Sydney in a growing population environment. This idea is still applicable even as the current […]
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Latest Melbourne Property Forecast for 2021
COVID-19 is going through the Australian economy like a wrecking ball pillar by pillar, and the Melbourne property market will not escape unscathed. Our Melbourne property forecast sees a much slower market following the economic and financial headwinds facing the property market, with the overall Melbourne property market underperforming our Sydney property forecast. Australia’s modern economy […]
Best Australian Blue Chip Shares of 2021
For most investors Australian blue chip shares should make up a core portion of the investment portfolio. The relative weighting in the portfolio compared to growth, dividend stocks and even other asset classes like bonds and real estate depends on the risk tolerance and investment horizon. What are Blue Chips Shares? Blue chips in the investment landscape […]
Best Dividend Stocks for 2021
The Australia share market has nearly recovered from the sell off as a result of Covid-19. The recent example of the Victoria lockdown shows outbreaks can still happen, but the market sees the aggregate risk can be managed and looking past the crisis. We are more cautious about how the Australian economy will perform after the reduction […]
Quarterly ASX 200 and ASX 300 Rebalance – June 2020
Standard and Poor’s manage the main components which make up the ASX 200 and ASX 300 companies list. As these are market weight indicides, the equity value of the companies will change from the prior quarter and companies are added and removed from the respective index depending on the minimum threshold i.e 50, 100 or […]
Australian Housing Bubble and Price Collapse
What causes a property bubble? There are signs that a property bubble is brewing in Sydney caused by a number of factors seen in our Sydney property forecast. Investment bubbles are commonly described when the market become overzealous in anticipating higher future asset value and willing to pay any price to get their hands on […]
Top 5 Changes to Sydney Property Forecast Post Covid
Our Sydney Property Forecast is cautious on further house price increases in the short and medium-term. Sydney is known for its beaches, food, and weather, with a quality of life on par with New York, London, Hong Kong, and parts of Canada and one of the most expensive residential real estate markets globally. Sydney’s potential housing bubble […]
Top 5 tips in building the Best Long Term ETF Portfolio
Investors are always asking for the makeup of the best long-term Australian ETF portfolio. The answer differs from person to person because of differences in individual risk appetite and investment horizon. Is there a perfect ETF portfolio? Exchange-traded funds allow investors to build an expanded portfolio in a quick and cost-efficient manner. Most ETFs are […]
Top 5 Tips Passing Bank Assessment For Mortgage
Australian banks are tightening their credit standards by the day as result of the expected increase in unemployment and loan loss following Covid-19. Now it is more important than ever to understand the key points banks would look for in bank assessment for mortgage loans. This is applicable whether you are buying a house, investment […]
ASX Mid Cap 50 List
ASX Mid Cap 50 stocks are mid-size companies that have outgrown the small-cap space and not large enough to be included in the larger market index like the ASX 50. ASX Mid Cap 50 Stock List Companies in the ASX mid cap index are the smallest 50 companies from the ASX 100. [wpdatatable id=144] Best Mid […]
Top State Street ETFs on the ASX
State Street is one of the largest exchange traded fund managers in the world. State Street is famously know run the SPDR series of index funds which was the original listed index fund tracking some of the largest market in the world like the SPY ETF which tracks the Standard and Poor’s 500. [wpdatatable id=220] […]
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Rental Property Division 40 vs 43 Depreciation Rate
Depreciation is an accounting concept which aims to reflect the change in the value of the asset inline with standard wear and tear of the asset. The book value of investment properties like any capital asset declines over time to reflect its use. There is a lot of confusion for property investors reading the depreciation […]
Goodman Dividend History
Goodman Group is one the world’s largest industrial real estate fund manager in the world. The main business line comprise of owning logistics / industrial assets on balance sheet but the growth earnings has been driven by the funds management arm where it raises and deploy third party capital in investing in industrial properties. Unlike […]
Coles Share Price and Dividend History
Coles is one of three major supermarket brands in Australia. Along with Woolworths and Aldi, the three companies has almost 70% of the industry market share. Wesfarmers bought the Coles Group in the depth of the GFC and it was one of its best investments. The new group was subsequently demerged from Wesfarmers in late […]
2nd Largest ASX ETF of 2021 (ASX STW)
An Index Fund is an investment fund which track the performance of an equity index without without the discretion of deviating from the benchmark through overweighting or underweighting companies. Index funds that are listed on the Australian Stock Exchange are also commonly known as Exchange Traded Funds (ETF). STW is the second largest ETF from […]
Key Trends From the Best ETFs of 2021
2020 has been one of the most volatile years in modern trading history. At Dividend Investing we are long term investors but it always help to keep up and see what are some of the best performing ETFs to keep track of what other investors like and which sectors or asset classes are doing well. […]
Will ANZ Dividend History Buffer the Share Price Fall?
The Australian bank shares have been hit worse than the rest of the market in the Covid-19 market sell off. The reason for the sharp selloff and the tepid recovery in the ANZ stock price is that the banks are a leveraged bet on the Australian economy. At this point of the credit cycle with no material […]
NAB Share 2021 Dividend Yield and History
National Australian Bank is known as one of the major big four banks. As a result of its market capitalization, NAB is included in all of the major ASX indices. After divesting its UK division, NAB is now primarily an Australian focused bank. The main differentiator to the other major Australian banks is that it […]
Westpac Share Dividend Yield and Dividend History (ASX WBC)
Westpac is one of the big 4 Australian banks, the second-largest mortgage lender and the largest bank in NSW. We covered the Australian Bank shares in detail previously, and the short story is that we don’t think banks are one of the shares to buy at this stage of the economic cycle. Westpac and CBA have always focused on […]
Will Covid-19 Improve European Stock Market Return vs US?
It is almost taken for granted that European share market always underperform other major markets like the US. If we split the returns of the European and the US market using the key investable benchmark, MSCI Europe and the Standard and Poor’s 500 (SPY ETF) decade by decade over the last 50 years. The US […]
Chase Income With High Dividend Yield ETF? (ASX VHY)
One of the biggest downside of managing your own dividend focused portfolio is making sure the portfolio reflect the latest changes in the market. VHY provides an means where investors can have a passive income fund where the underlying position changes as the market changes. Vanguard Australian Shares High Yield ETF (VHY) is a high yield […]
ASX 300 List – Large Companies Still Doing the Work
asx 300 ASX 300 is a market capitalization index of the 300 largest Australian companies listed on the Australia Stock Exchange. There are several overlaps between the large-cap indices as the bigger market indexes in terms of companies include overlaps with the large-capitalization companies included in the index’s smaller iterations. For example, the ASX 20 represents the […]
The 3 Charts Show Another US Bubble in Tech Stocks
The market reacted visciously to the onset of Covid-19 where in March 2020 the US market saw one of the fastest declines into bear market since the 1920s. Since then it also saw one of the fastest recoveries where the Nasdaq returned to its pre-Covid level barely 3 month later in June 2020. It is […]
Is The Rebound In The Hang Seng Index For Real?
Hang Seng Index is the benchmark index for Hong Kong. The index represent 50 of largest companies listed in Hong Kong. Since China’s financial system is a closed to the outside world, the Hang Seng share market is commonly refered to as the proxy for the Chinese market. The Hang Seng index today is a […]
What is US Dollar Index Chart Telling US?
THe US Dollar index (DXY) is one of the most well known and quoted currency index in the world. The index represent the value of the US dollar against a basket of major currencies and the direction of the index is often a shorten hand on the overall the direction of US Dollar. What Currencies […]
Top 500 US Stocks – S&P 500 Index (SPY Stock)
The Standard & Poor 500 (S&P 500) is the world’s largest stock market index. The index consist of 500 largest companies listed on the US stock exchanges and similar to the other main US benchmark, NASDAQ is weighted by market capitalization. The index is rebalanced quarterly and as part of the process the companies which […]
US REIT List
The US REIT market accounts for some of the largest REITs in the world and is a multiple size of the Australian REITs. One of the advantage of investing into a larger market is that there a multitude of more investment options which allows for more effective diversification. The Australian market is heavily weighted towards […]
Searchable List of ETFs on the ASX – ASX ETF List 2021
Index funds listed on the ASX are called Exchange Traded Funds and allow investors a wealth of opportunities to invest across multiple markets, asset classes and at various risk profiles. The Advantages of ETFs Low Cost Research shows that asset management fees can make a large difference in investment returns over the long term. ASX […]
Best REIT ETF – VAP vs SLF
There are hundreds of ETFs traded on the ASX and some are bound to overlap each other, but not all index funds are the same even if they invest in the same asset class. It is important for investors to understand differences between the index funds otherwise how else would you know the real risk […]
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Top 10 Australian Shares to Buy After Coivd-19
Covid-19 raised turmoil through the global financial markets, and for more Australian shares, they have only partially recovered their pre-Covid levels. The bull market, which started after the GFC is over and the seeds for the next cycle begin to take shape as Covid-19 vaccines become available in 2021 and a return towards normalcy. We […]
Rise of the Miners (again) – Miners vs Financials
The last mining boom ended in 2013 and the under performance of the miners has been a noticeable drag on the annual returns of the the broader market index in recent years. One of the largest risks for the Australian market is the concentrated exposure to two sectors, miners and financials. The aggregate value of […]
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Too Late To Buy the Best Index Fund of 2020 for 2021?
The flow of capital into passive investing has fuelled the growth of index funds. Now, hundreds of low-cost index funds can provide investors exposure to all of the major equity markets around the globe. During periods of calm, index fund returns across markets correlate strongly with the high confidence investors being extremely infectious. The FOMO […]
Everything You Need to Know About Dividends – Dividend FAQ
This page is created to be a comprehensive definition of key terms used in Dividend Investing. It is a one stop FAQ on all main dividend terms, calculations, and how they operate. Table of Contents Measuring dividends Everything about dividend payouts Different dividend dates All types of dividends How franking credits work What is a Dividend? […]
Top 10 Vanguard Australia Index Funds
Fees can significantly impact investment returns over the long run, which is why investors need to be aware of what they are actually paying when professionals manage their assets. Vanguard index funds are synonymous with low cost index funds and are designed as a hands off passive index fund to track the market rather than beat […]
Best Dividend ETF
Exchange traded funds provide investors an easy and cost effective way to have exposure to a diversified basket of stocks. A dividend ETF is a sub sector of the index or exchange traded fund universe where the fund’s investment strategy replicates the performance of a portfolio of dividend stocks. This is usually made up of […]
What is the NZX 50 Index?
New Zealand is the closest developed market to Australia in terms of distance and culture. However the total size of the equity market stands at a fraction of the Australia equity indices like the asx 100 companies. NZX mainboard companies list (50 largest companies) The NZX main board includes a mix of dualisted Australian as […]
Biggest Effects from Covid-19’s On Landlord Insurances
For most mom and pop investors the investment property is the largest single investment exposure. Landlord insurance is usually highly recommended as a must have since it provides income and capital value protection. Covid-19 is drastically affecting the property market and we are already seeing the first order effect through drop in rents, property values […]
List of European REITs and ETF
International equity exposure can provide diversification benefits for investors. Unless your broker offers direct access to European or US markets unlike Australian Real Estate Investments Trusts, there are really no options for Australian investors to gain equity exposure to European REITs. There are no listed index funds Australian investors can buy which invest in European […]
Australia Fixed Income Market
Australia Corporate Loan Market The Australia lending market is traditionally dominated by the big 4 Australian banks. Pre-GFC foreign banks and the securitization market took market share however the capital market options were eliminated during the subsequent credit crunch. Recently following APRA’s tightening of bank capital requirements, non-bank lenders came back to the market, particularly […]
Will COVID-19 Affect Property Prices?
COVID-19 is wrecking the economy pillar by pillar and the property market will not escape unscathed. On the healthcare front, the Australian government and the healthcare works performed admirably in containing the spread of the disease but the economic impact will still be severe. However this does not the mean economy was unscathed. Australia is […]
ASX Debt Funds
There has been a rush for investors pilling in to debt funds in the current low interest environment. Before the market falls, major global credit investors such as Partners Group and KKR were raising credit funds from retail investors on the ASX. Retail is chasing yield and usually it is the cheapest cost of capital […]
Are shopping centers dead? Finding value in Retail REITs in the brave new world
Retail REITs are ground zero for pain in the Real Estate space in the current social distancing environment. With only essential worker traveling means other than specific retailers (chemist & supermarkets etc) most of the shops are closed. With no revenue, landlords are feeling the flow on pressure when retailers who are not able to […]
How To Short Market Using Inverse ETF – ASX Bear
An inverse ETF is designed to move in the opposite direction of the benchmark it is tracking. It will increase in value when the underlying benchmark declines and vice versa. These funds can be useful as a hedging tool within the portfolio or opportunistically used to take advantage of the market declines. The behavior of […]
Five data points RBA will focus on before a interest rate cut in June
All eyes will be on the RBA following their June meeting after deciding to hold interest rate steady in May. We can gather that the reason to hold interest rates behind the May meeting are driven predominately by a number of mix economic signals and the upcoming Federal election. With the election completed, the additional data points […]