This is likely to be the shortest commentary I’ve written in quite some time. The truth is, there’s not a whole lot more to tell when it comes to the story of Governor Glenn Stevens and his beleaguered board of the RBA…until next month’s instalment. This month the cash rate was – yawn – left […]

According to the recent findings of a Queensland University of Technology (QUT) study, Australians are allowing apathy to cost us $11.6 billion every year. Dubbed the ‘lazy tax’, this massive overspend is apparently the result of our ‘set and forget’ mentality (seemingly pervasive in the Aussie ‘she’ll be right mate’ culture) when it comes to […]

As the RBA board continues to convene each month for a spot of thumb twiddling, APRA and the banks are all out at sea, rocking the financial services boat with their own, none-too-subtle tweaks across lending practices. It all started with APRA giving lenders a good talking to about the alleged ‘runaway’ growth of their […]

Every property investor aspires to be a savvy wheeler and dealer when it comes to negotiating asset acquisitions. After all, you can either make money or lose it at point of purchase. Rarely will you break entirely even Steven, because that’s just the nature of a very emotionally based beast like bricks and mortar. It’s […]