Shortly before the US markets closed for Easter, the most closely watched US equity index, the S&P 500, hit an all-time high. The previous record high was recorded in 2007. The more...
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Max Walsh, 4 April 2013, Australian Financial Review (subscription required)
Charles Gave, of GaveKel Research in Hong Kong, wrote in a note last week that roughly a quarter of the world's financial assets are in equities and three-quarters are in debt. Out of...
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Max Walsh, 28 February 2013, The Australian Financial Review
Since 1900 Australian equities have arguably been the best performing of all the stock markets around the world. The risk premium, the return in excess of the real bill rate, has averaged 6...
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Max Walsh, 14 February 2013, Australian Financial Review (subscription required)