
The West's domination of the world is coming to an end
"Kishore Mahbubani, a Singaporean expert on international relations, brings a compelling warning in his succinct new book, Has the West...


Australian office prices to fall?
Sydney office buildings are currently valued at nearly 30% above replacement cost. Melbourne office buildings are currently valued at...


Australian industrial shares ex banks, most expensive since 1992
The slide below from Watermark Funds shows how in recent years (i.e. since 2014), the market has been getting more and more expensive...


World Debt time bomb ticking
"Is the world sitting on a debt time bomb?A new global debt database launched by the International Monetary Fund here in Washington last...


USA untimely windback of financial regulation
"Financial crises always start the same way. Loose monetary policy leads to an increase in debt and a rise in risk-taking. Over-confident...


Inflation shock could come from anywhere - Myron Scholes
"In the short term I think that major risks ahead are basically what central bankers around the world are going to do," the academic said...


Donald Tusk (European Council) - With friends like USA, who needs enemies
European Council President Donald Tusk’s said "with friends like that (USA) who needs enemies." That was how Donald Tusk, one of the...

How the West should judge China - Martin Wolf
"The west must accept its relative decline or engage in a grossly immoral and probably ruinous struggle to prevent it. That is the most...


RBA - we could have inflation like 1970s
The Reserve Bank of Australia has ramped up warnings that US President Donald Trump's debt-funded fiscal stimulus may have parallels to...

Fidelity worries about house prices
These 2 key charts worry Fidelity about house prices. " Fidelity International says the Australian housing market appears overvalued on...