At some point the Australian residential property bubble will pop. It’s not a matter of if, it’s simply a matter of when. Everything else is noise.

A pull back to the 200DMA would seem to have the shortest odds, so that probably not going to happen. Now is one those times to up the focus on the market, to check up on your watchlist candidates and a final check for dross you should have been selling into this rally. At least that’s what I’m doing.

As the chart highlights the elastic band is very stretched.

Not only is Australia yet again officially the second the best country in the world, it’s the first to raise interest rates.
See you at parity my US friends See you real soon! This raise took AUD over 88 cents. I’ve been banging on about the short USD long AUD trade for most of this year and despite the sudden rush of people late to the party I don’t see it breaking down yet.
I love this comment “Only one of 20 economists surveyed by Bloomberg News forecast today’s move. The …

I continue to up our Australian allocation as I pull back from my favoured investing destination of the US. Regularly taking your Australian potion should help with some of the common side side effects of a devaluing greenback and inflation.

Overview for international investors on why and how to invest in Australia via American Depository Receipts (ADRs), index funds, ETFs and direct investing.

When thinking about investing in Australia most international investors first think of mining. They may be surprised to find that “Australia’s economy is now a service-based economy, with service industries accounting for around 70 per cent of total gross value added. The finance and insurance industry is larger than the booming mining sector…”

The ten best Australian business sites for news, data and opinion on Australian companies and the economy.

International investors should consider the Australian stock market as part of both their stock and currency diversification.
Let’s get cracking with all that’s bonzer, beaut, ace and corker with investing in Australia. I’ll start with the big picture, the Australian Share Market since 1900.

Five days ago I wrote this analysis on the Commonwealth banks new structured product Capital Series Australia. Within a couple days a Google search listed it as the third hit when searching on Capital Series Australia. Then suddenly bam, the article no longer appears on a Google search under that phrase.
Is this censorship? I can’t find a simple way to contact contact Google by email to check why they censored my article.
The conclusion of my article was that Commonwealth bank is not being honest with investors. The Capital Series Australia …

A few friends have been asking me whether they should invest now. In general I suggest indexing utilising market timing to further enhance dollar cost averaging. A friend cut me short the other day and asked what an index fund was. It is amazing what you to start to take for granted when you’re familiar with a topic.
The S&P 500 is an actively managed market-value-weighted index. It represents the best large companies in America, not simply the largest by market cap, sales or any one measure. It has been been …