There are so many factors that influence the economy and investment markets, but the most important factor is how much cash an investment generates. For companies this is profit, while property provides rent (net of costs). If we think income will grow faster in the future, we pay more for the asset now. If we […]
The first half of 2020 was certainly something we have not seen before. The US entered 2020 on strong footing, Europe was still in an extended go slow, China was going along reasonably and Australia was picking up a little as well. Some were starting to feel we would start to get some synchronised global […]
We could try to give you an explanation of the market movements over the last few months. It would include a discussion about liquidity injections, massive policy action, or other intelligent sounding explanations you might like. However, in the real-world time moves forward and an uncertain world looks very different from a hindsight perspective. Investors […]
Small business owners who are planning on selling their business or business assets and using the proceeds towards superannuation free of capital gains tax (CGT) need to ensure they are aware of the recent changes to concessional and non-concessional caps. Despite the small business CGT cap rules not being changed recently, such a move could […]
