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MONEY TALKS: April 2013
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Monday, 15 April 2013. It’s been a while since a new blog was posted (sorry), and during that time some of the world’s stock markets have hit a series of all-time highs. So why the big fuss? Well, the last all-time high was 9. October 2007 – with a value of just over 14,000 - after which it dropped 25% in the following year BEFORE Lehman Brothers collapsed, then continued falling to a low of around 6,650 – a loss of about 52% in about a year and a half. Of course the flip-side of this is that those who i...
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MONEY TALKS: Retiring in Australia
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Wednesday, 18 June 2014. Since the last blog post, a few people have been asking about retiring in Australia – particularly in view of the recent changes to the pensionable age. If you weren’t aware, the Australian government recently announced (alongside a raft of other unpopular measures) that the pensionable age would move to 70 years old by 2035 – basically meaning that Australians born after 1965 would have to wait until 70 to claim the “Age Pension”. Ultimately it comes down to three things:. One o...
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MONEY TALKS: May 2014
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Wednesday, 21 May 2014. First blog in quite a long time – how time flies eh? So, to tie in from the last one, the US government did extend the debt limit after a fierce political battle, which means that they have plenty of money (all of it borrowed, of course), until at least the middle of March 2015. Yay. It gives you access to over 7,000 international and offshore investment funds, from over 200 fund managers (including all the big banks you know and love), detailed analysis from the worlds’ lar...
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MONEY TALKS: September 2014
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Wednesday, 10 September 2014. It's boom time - again. After an engaging and drama-filled election season in Indonesia, we’re not far off from everything settling down and plans being put into action – and there’s a LOT of plans. Expect to hear a lot of IPO announcements (companies listing on the Indonesian stock exchange), a lot of M&A announcements (mergers and acquisitions), and a lot of development projects (predominantly construction, agriculture, infrastructure, and large resources/energy projects).
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