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This is an edited edition of our latest live discussion with Tony Locantro from Alto Capital. Tony is an Investment Manager at Alto Capital in Perth Australia. He has been an active adviser specialising in ASX small cap companies in the mining, biotech and emerging industrial sectors. He was formerly in the NSW Police Force … Continue reading "DFA Live Q&A HD Replay: Tony Locantro: The Coming Storm"

More from our Property Insider Edwin Almeida as we examine the latest data from the markets. Will international ructions impact the market, as sky-high migration continues? Will Canberra succeed in its latest property venture? Will agents “fix” commissions? And will Victoria be the epicentre of the next leg down? http://www.martinnorth.com/ Go to the Walk The … Continue reading "Its Edwin’s Monday Evening Property Rant!"

The prospect of another interest rate rise on Melbourne Cup day has shaken buyers’ confidence, sending auction clearance rates to their lowest level in seven months, data from CoreLogic shows. Preliminary results show 68.5 per cent of the reported auctions across the combined capital cities were successful, which is 2.3 percentage points lower than the … Continue reading "Home Prices ”T’is But A Flesh Wound…”"

Financial markets are bracing for what could be another momentous week, with a Federal Reserve meeting, U.S. employment data and earnings from technology heavyweight Apple Inc possibly setting the course for stocks and bonds the rest of the year. So far October has lived up to its reputation for volatility, as a surge in Treasury … Continue reading "The Volatility Game Continues…"

Journalist Dale Webster over at The Regional has rightly launched an attack on APRA, the banking regulator. https://www.theregional.com.au/post/apra-bogged-in-a-data-mess-of-its-own-making They released their annual points of presence data that showed an 11 per cent fall in bank branches nationally in 12 months. It triggered HEADLINES around Australia last week screamed out about bank closures. Channel Nine was … Continue reading "APRA Hopeless On Branch Closures…"

On Melbourne Cup day we will get the next RBA cash rate decision. Michelle Bullocks testimony before the Senate this week was pretty vague – waiting for data, will update forecasts etc. But as Christopher Joye writes in the AFR, following the material upside surprise to inflation in the September quarter, almost all economists and … Continue reading "Will The RBA Blink First?"

In my post yesterday, I highlighted the 4200 support level for the S&P 500 and the risks if that was breached. Well, today as the tech sector melted down it dragged the S&P 500 index under the 4,200 support level. Rising Treasury yields and political gridlock in D.C. dominate financial headlines, but it was GOOGL’s … Continue reading "Are Equities Toast In The Higher For Longer World?"

Australia’s CPI inflation came in stronger than expected in the September quarter, with headline inflation rising 1.2% over the quarter versus 1.1% expected and 5.4 per cent annually, according to the latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). As noted by Justin Fabo from Macquarie group, “trimmed mean inflation in Q3 was MUCH … Continue reading "Will The Inflation Shock Lead To An Interest Rate Hike?"

With bond yields surging back to levels not seen since 2016 in recent months, there has been no shortage of comparisons between the current state of markets and that on the eve of the global financial crisis. In fact, the parallels drawn between conditions now and in 2007 appear pretty strong when you take a … Continue reading "Is It Déjà Vu All Over Again?"

This is an edited version of a live discussion with Research Director from The Australian Citizens Party, Robbie Barwick as we look at the contemporary issues surrounding the battle to keep cash in the economy, branch closures, the current financial settings, and the broader political and economic background. The imperative for change has rarely been … Continue reading "DFA Live Q&A: On The Brink: With Robbie Barwick"