by orange_office | Oct 29, 2026 | Weekly Updates
October is the worst month of the year in the Australian share market on average. It isn’t weak every year, for example October 2024 was quite solid, but it is often. This year the All Ordinaries Index has drifted down around six per cent since its August peak. There...
by orange_office | Oct 15, 2026 | Weekly Updates
The new tax rules to apply from July 2027 are changing the way investors think. The most obvious impact is buyers’ recent avoidance of residential property. Values have fallen sharply in many areas. The changes are complex so a recap is useful. Capital gains...
by orange_office | Oct 1, 2026 | Weekly Updates
The new tax rules continue to puzzle investors. Financial advisers and other professionals aren’t much further advanced in trying to work out how best to respond to them either. The new thirty per cent minimum tax on realised capital gains above inflation starts next...
by orange_office | Sep 22, 2026 | Weekly Updates
The graph comparing average returns from Australian and US shares is concerning. Vanguard says for the last twenty years Australian shares have made 7.2 per cent per annum compared to US shares on 11.8 per cent per annum. Compounding those rates produces a very big...
by orange_office | Sep 11, 2026 | Weekly Updates
ETFs or Exchange Traded Funds have grown enormously in the last decade. Both their number and the money invested in them continue to increase. From around $50 billion invested ten years ago the total has grown to $472 billion now, in 494 funds, according to Lonsec...
