Using the Australian Bureau of Statistics established house price index since March 2002 and combining that with the variable mortgage rate at the time, we have created a time series that tracks home loan payments over time. For reference, to calculate the payment, we use the cash rate plus 2%, and a 30-year principal and … Read more
If you are a Melbournian, you will remember about nine years ago when you walked through Flinders St Station and heard a song to the tune of “set fire to your hair” and “poke a stick at a grizzly bear” along with this, you would have been inundated with humanoid looking ‘bean’ characters posted everywhere … Read more
Weeks after Netflix raised its subscription prices, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) is set to jump on the bandwagon and bump up the cost of its Amazon Prime membership, which was announced alongside its December quarter earnings as investors responded well to the margin hike. The cost of an Amazon Prime membership, which gives the customer free … Read more
Following last week’s blockbuster acquisition that saw Microsoft Corp acquire Activision Blizzard for USD $69 billion, Sony Interactive Entertainment matched it with their own takeover, acquiring independent game developer Bungie for USD $3.6 billion. Upon settlement of the acquisition, Sony will have exclusive access to one of the most popular first-person shooter games which can … Read more
Despite the massive surge in online shopping brought upon by the pandemic and subsequent lockdown restrictions, the market has not reacted well to an update from online retailer Kogan.com (ASX:KGN) whose shares tumbled amid profit downgrades. With supply chain disruptions crippling global commerce, some retailers have had a hard time sourcing inventory but in the … Read more
Investors kept a keen eye on the tech sector overnight as Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) released their fourth quarter results with the lasting impact of a pandemic tipped towards the online streaming behemoth. Netflix has been crowned as one of the most benefited ‘stay-at-home’ stocks during this post-pandemic world, but their reporting outlook proved otherwise. The … Read more
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) is set to acquire Activision Blizzard Inc., one of the world’s largest game developers and interactive entertainment publishers. The proposal is for US$95 per share, valuing the transaction at US$68.7 Billion. As the younger generations get older and become more enveloped in a virtual life where everybody is connected through either … Read more
One of the latest trends in the Australian investing world is the US market. Many Australian investors are flocking to the US to enhance their portfolio performance by either buying broad exposure via Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) on the Australian market or by finding providers that allow Australian residents to buy and own US shares. … Read more
Before this decade is out, more than half of new vehicle sales will either be hybrid or fully electric vehicles (EVs). By 2035, more than half will be entirely electric. If you’ve seen what the oil market has done across the past 100 years, you are likely aware that this shift it going to be … Read more
If you came here looking for a magic number, there isn’t one. There’s a common misconception that you need squillions to get started with investing, but if that were the case, no one would ever enter the market! With the rise of mobile app based trading platforms there has never been a better or more … Read more