There is an increasing amount of focus on the Australian residential property market. Last week, outgoing BHP Chairman Don Argus said: ‘I think the Australian Banking Sector has gone too far. You can look at some of them now as giant building societies.’ He was referring to the large exposure that the big four Australian banks have to residential property.
April 7th, 2010 | Greg Canavan | 42 comments | ContinuedAll Posts Tagged With: "australian housing market"
RBA Governor Glenn Stevens Reveals Intention to Raise Interest Rates to Normal Levels
When the man who sets interest rates tells you that you’re rising, it would be wise to at least hear him out. Whether you take him at his word is up to you. But if you’re making financial plans – say, like you’re going to buy a house and are trying to figure out if you can stand a few extra points rise in the interest rate – the man has told you what is going to happen.
March 30th, 2010 | Dan Denning | 48 comments | Continued
More Likely to Beat Inflation in Stocks than Cash
This is not a value-based argument. But it IS an argument for why nominal gains in stock markets are not inconsistent with rampant or even hyper inflation. We’re not saying that’s what’s going on right now. And of course, in our one-two Big Crash dance card, asset deflation precedes the Melt Up.
March 23rd, 2010 | Dan Denning | 4 comments | Continued
The Geithner Plan
Investors appeared to absolutely love the U.S. Treasury Secretary’s plan to subsidise private sector purchases of toxic bank assets. The Dow closed up nearly 500 points, or 6.8%. The S&P closed up seven percent. The move gave stocks in New York their best two-week gain since 1938, according to Bloomberg.
March 24th, 2009 | Dan Denning | 8 comments | Continued
Aussie House Prices Face “Perfect Storm”
“The Australian housing market is facing the prospect of a ‘perfect storm’ of financial pressures, including high mortgage debt, overvalued homes and rising unemployment, which could see prices eventually fall by as much as 30 per cent, investors have been warned,” reads a story in today’s Age.
March 18th, 2009 | Dan Denning | 43 comments | Continued
