Director's Perspective By Noel Hucker Are Australian listed companies in good shape ? You bet ! A focus on cost control, productivity and low funding costs have paid dividends – quite literally. For the 12 months ending June 2014, 90% of listed companies reported a profit, 69% of companies have improved their profit over the
Director's Perspective By Mario Isaias The GFC was the trigger point for governments to embark on massive spending without finding new sources of revenue. Australia now faces the hard reality that this cannot go on forever. The upcoming Federal Budget on 13 May will most likely take the first steps to addressing this imbalance which will
Director's Perspective By Noel Hucker There’s a great saying about seeing the forest for the trees and it’s easy to fall into this trap when there is so much information and news out there – Russia and Crimea/Ukraine, Chinese production, tapering of the US Federal Reserve’s Quantitative Easing programme, etc. etc. Issues like these have
Director's Perspective By Inbam Devadason Global share markets were down around 5% over the month of January 2014 with concern over slowing Global growth and a natural correction after a strong rally in the 2013 calendar year. Over the month of February most of these losses have been recouped. Confidence in the Global recovery has
Director's Perspective By Mario Isaias Welcome to the New Year and I trust you had a wonderful festive season with family and friends. The previous calendar year will be remembered as one of the better investment years. With low interest rates and central bank support, most markets performed very well, led by the U.S. -
Director's Perspective By Noel Hucker With 2013 drawing to a close we'd like to thank you for your ongoing support of our business. The team at Harvest wishes you and your family a very happy holiday and a prosperous 2014. We look forward to working with you again in the New Year. In our newsletter
Investment Market Update Global equity markets have performed strongly in 2013 year to date. Since the US debt ceiling was raised this month equity markets have continued to rise strongly. The equity market performances reflect increased confidence that the global economy is recovering. The delay in the US Federal Reserve reducing its bond buying from
Overview The Federal Government has announced that it is no longer able to deliver on its $1.5 billion projected budget surplus in 2013-14. Instead it will deliver a deficit of $18 billion in 2013-14 and look to return the budget to a surplus position by 2015-16 – of $0.8 billion. GDP growth is forecast to
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