by orange_office | Apr 2, 2024 | Weekly Updates
For the ten years to 29th February 2024 the All Ordinaries Accumulation Index of Australian shares, which includes dividends paid, returned 8.2 per cent per annum. Over the same period the MSCI Index of Global Shares (ex Australia) earned 12.7 per cent per annum. One...
by orange_office | Apr 2, 2024 | Weekly Updates
With only three months remaining until the end of the financial year it’s a good time to start planning strategies to reduce tax for this year. The Tax Office allows people to prepay expenses that relate to next year’s income and claim the deduction in this financial...
by orange_office | Mar 20, 2024 | Weekly Updates
Share markets in the US, Britain, France, Germany, Japan and Australia have all recorded new all-time highs this year. They have since eased back slightly but are still close to record levels. Is this a time to be wary about a possible coming market slump? A slump...
by orange_office | Mar 13, 2024 | Weekly Updates
Superannuation is a tax-sheltered investment option that allows people to build savings faster. There are tax concessions when they contribute, on the earnings in their account, and when they retire. Super is especially attractive to people in the later stages of...
by orange_office | Mar 6, 2024 | Weekly Updates
On 1st March the All Ordinaries Index of Australian share prices closed at a record high, above 8,000 points for the first time. That was a gain of around fourteen per cent over the last three months, though only eight per cent over the last year. Should we go...
by orange_office | Feb 27, 2024 | Weekly Updates
Bank deposits currently offer around five per cent interest. That is much more than a couple of years ago. However there is a fundamental reason why investments in property and shares will always earn higher returns over the long term than fixed deposits: if they...
