interest rates

In a fascinating RBA freedom of information disclosure dumped on Friday, which references Coolabah's house price analysis/forecasts (including work published here on...

Was it really only a year ago that the RBA suggested the official cash rate wouldn’t increase until 2024? No wonder Australians have whiplash. We’re far from alone,...

In the AFR I write: Let’s start with the shocker that was the latest US inflation report for September, which initially triggered a savage 3.5 per cent drop in US...

The great Aussie housing crash continues to unfold as the charts below highlight, which are updated to 13 October 2021. In Sydney, home values have now lost more...

There are two major themes I’ve been writing about over the past six months: 1. The Fed will crush the US economy with its tight monetary policy, leading to a...

In the AFR I write that for better or worse, we live in a twilight zone spanning two worlds. First, there is the old world, where interest rates were to remain...

Global growth stocks enjoyed a golden period in recent years. This continued throughout the pandemic as lifestyles (and spending habits) quickly adjusted to new ways...

Rising rates hurt investors; claims on profits in the future are simply worth less if you discount them at a higher rate. As growth stocks deliver their cash flows...

The RBA has increased its cash rate again but slowed the pace to +0.25% which took the cash rate to 2.6%. This was in line with our view and a slowing “at some...

Investment textbooks tell us that value stocks generally outperform growth stocks in periods of rising interest rates and economic slowdowns. However, history tells...