Investors wondering where property prices might go next need only watch one indicator: access to housing credit.  Because, as access to credit tightens, house prices fall.  With credit getting harder to access since the end of 2021, it’s small wonder August saw the largest monthly decline in house prices in nearly 40 years. Continue…

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To provide a wider range of high quality investment choices, and stable monthly income, Montgomery Investment Management partnered with Aura Group and Brett Craig in May 2022. We are now delighted to announce the launch of our second income strategy, the Aura Core Income Fund.

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For a company with such high quality, REA Group (ASX:REA) has experienced an amazing share price range in the last twelve months. On 5 November 2021 REA hit a market capitalisation of $23.9bn when somebody paid $180.67 per share. Just seven months later, the share price hit $93.77 giving the company a market value of $12.4bn.  And 43 trading days later, with the share price up 45.8 per cent at $136.70, the market value of REA Group was $18.1bn. Continue…

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On Friday at Jackson Hole in the U.S., Federal Reserve Chairman, Jerome Powell, spoke for eight minutes and 38 seconds reinforcing the idea that restrictive monetary policy is likely to be maintained for some time – all in the name of fighting inflation. World markets quickly went into reverse. The good news is that savvy investors may now get another chance to buy quality businesses at attractive prices. Continue…

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In this week’s video insight Roger discusses the importance of being able to value a company, and the importance of having a framework for thinking about when a company or the stock market might be cheap. That framework should be able to help you navigate through the markets various storms and sunny periods. Continue…

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It was a relatively quiet reporting week from an economic and market perspective. Sometimes less news is good news!  This week the ABS released the counts of Australian businesses, which outline the number of actively trading businesses, rates of entry to exit from the market sector of the economy and the rates of business survival.​ Continue…

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When it comes to investing, a head fake is an increase or decrease in market performance that is quickly followed by a shift in the opposite direction. And with the market bouncing off recent lows, that’s exactly what the analysts at Goldman Sachs are warning could soon occur as investors realise they became too excited too soon. Continue…

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Some retailers – such as Supercheap Auto (ASX:SUL) – are reporting better than expected results this reporting season. But this hasn’t prevented many analysts from painting a gloomy picture of the retail sector, due largely to the impact of rising interest rates and inflation on consumers’ wallets. If they’re right, then there’s no need for investors to rush back in. Continue…

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