By following a simple practice known as dollar-cost averaging to buy shares or managed funds, investors can build holdings in assets in a non-emotional and disciplined way.
Following the Reserve Bank of Australia’s decision to increase the cash rate by 50 basis point in June and July, a slowdown in the property market has been accelerated. According to some experts, shares in the big banks are vulnerable to a slowing housing market. But others say the big banks are undervalued and could benefit from expanding interest rate margins in the months ahead.
New research from BCA Consulting predicts Australian equities will outperform global equities over the next 10 to 15 years.
The Australian share market is tipped to fall by up to 9 per cent in 2022 but to rise 5 per cent to 8 per cent over 2023, according to new forecasts from CommSec. While share prices have fallen this year, Australian companies remain well cashed up and profits sit at record highs, which will help to drive gains next year
Australians are the richest they have ever been, with wealth pushed up by rising property and shares values to a record $14.9 trillion in the March quarter of 2022, while wealth per capita surged to a record high of $574,807, according to data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
By following a simple practice known as dollar-cost averaging to buy shares or managed funds, investors can build holdings in assets in a non-emotional and disciplined way. Moreover, it may make good sense when share markets are falling, although it doesn’t work as well when prices are rising, according to some experts.
The central bank expects house price growth to ease this year and house prices are already falling in Sydney and Melbourne; economists expect that price weakness will spread to other cities, which may limit the number of official interest rate rises this year that are needed to tame inflation. According to the Reserve Bank of…
Grocery prices have soared in Australia, rising at a faster pace than the Consumer Price Index, which is benefitting the earnings of Coles and Woolworths. However, the boost could be temporary, with food inflation expected to moderate next year. The rise in inflation globally has exceeded wages growth, eroding households’ purchasing power. Lower income households…
For investors looking to build positions in quality technology firms, the US computer chip giants are trading at attractive price levels, with many brokers now rating them as a buy, according to data from the Wall Street Journal. The prices of semiconductor companies have dropped sharply this year amidst a broader sell-off in technology stocks…
A bounce in share markets in March supported superannuation fund performance in the first quarter of 2022. However, with inflation concerns mounting, global share markets remain volatile, including the hard US share market, which is likely to dent superannuation returns for the current financial year. Superannuation research house SuperRatings found the median balanced option rose…
