After a strong finish to 2023, equity markets continued to push new highs in 2024 on the hope interest rates would reduce earlier than expected. By mid-April sentiment changed to cool the run on the back of strong economic data, continued strong government spending, ongoing high immigration (injecting extra demand) with the prices of goods […]
The hot topic right now is the combined housing and cost of living crisis in Australia. Property prices, inflation and interest rates move in cycles and as they move higher, we see a widening gap between the “haves” and the “have nots”. Compared to rock bottom rates a few years ago, today a 12 month […]