Investors happy to keep (blue) chipping away
While Australian retail investors remain keen on the share market, they’re becoming more conservative, gravitating to the ‘boring’ blue chips.
Terry McCrann
Meet the ASX team behind the teams
If sportspeople are to succeed, others need to be on the ball too. These ASX stocks – and their investors – are helping athletes and teams to kick on.
The market thumping has only just started
If Fed Reserve chair Jerome Powell carries through with the interest rate hikes that are required, US and Australian shares are headed for a 10 per cent fall, maybe more.
Chalmers announces he likes bigger deficits
The $48bn improvement to the budget bottom line is a political headache of the first order for ‘worst treasurer in a century’ Jim Chalmers.
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Opinion: Why Andrews must resign now
Sunday’s announcement of an extension to Victoria’s lockdown was all about incompetent government — and Daniel Andrews must walk, writes Terry McCrann.
Best-case scenario only hope of emerging from this
Victorian businesses have got the certainty some of their representatives have demanded. It is the certainty of devastation and not just in hospitality, retail and tourism, writes Terry McCrann.
Nation’s economic recovery is all about Victoria
Never before has the government ordered the economy into recession; ordered businesses to close, ordered people to lose their jobs — and while they did it with the best intentions, now they must order us out of this mess, writes Terry McCrann.
Cutting super is political suicide
Whether Paul Keating and Kevin Rudd, are correct demanding super contributions rise to 12 per cent, they certainly are on the right side of politics because to abandon this would be political suicide, writes Terry McCrann.
We’re now heading up, it all hangs on Victoria
The government ordered us into this recession and it is entirely within their power to order us out. What happens next is up to Victoria, writes Terry McCrann.
Why nation’s recovery depends on Victoria
When Australia plunged into recession in the June quarter the brutal reality of businesses shuttering and workers losing jobs was like nothing we had ever experienced. Now one thing will limit how far and how quickly the nation snaps back, writes Terry McCrann.
Why the current account surplus is extraordinary
On Tuesday we saw a current account surplus number of $36bn for the financial year. The last time we saw a surplus was back in 1973, which makes these numbers extraordinary, writes Terry McCrann.
Shares rip-off reaches new peak
IOOF’s funding of its acquisition of MLC is a rip-off of retail shareholders sanctioned by ASIC and ASX, writes Terry McCrann.
No safe harbours in virus storm
We’ve never before seen governments ordering the destruction of businesses and jobs, right across the economy, like we have during this pandemic. Now the only thing clear for investors is that there is no “safe harbour” on the other side, writes Terry McCrann.
WA trashes basic rights to nail Palmer
How dare the WA government, with implied approval from the federal government, legislate to deny Clive Palmer his right to seek and win damages against the state of Western Australia, writes Terry McCrann.
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