G’day traders and investors, The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) signalled there would be no moves to cut interest rates again in the coming months. On November 1 the RBA cut its cash rate by .25 per cent, citing uncertainty and volatility in the global economy for its decision.

G’day traders and investors, As we previously announced in August, LT8.4 is reaching the end of its useable life. Our team has spent countless hours to find solutions to intermittent server issues with LT8.4 and we’d prefer to commit our resources to bringing you more innovative features for LT9, such as the recently released Daily [...]

This weekend is the long awaited 2011 Lifestyle Summit. Over 150 Lifestyle members and partners have gathered from all over Australia at the beautiful Royal Pines Resort, Gold Coast. To check out all the highlights from this year’s event, hear exclusive interviews from our speakers and to see all the action right from the comfort [...]

G’day traders and investors, After I sent yesterday’s blog the stock market made a sudden and rapid bullish move – going from down over 1% to up over 2%. This was on the back of good news out of Europe and the rally continued overnight with strong economic data out of the US. I actually [...]

G’day traders and investors, Well when you hear what happened to stocks overnight you will probably think this is just more of the same. Yes there is volatility but they are just in the middle of a trading range. Stocks are not the only markets in a trading range. Many of the currency pairs are [...]

G’day traders and investors, The Fed announced plans to buy $400 billion of long term debt in a bid to support the economy in these stressed times. You would have thought stocks would have loved the stimulus, but no. The dollar also rallied – meaning the Euro and the Aussie should be down and the [...]

G’day traders and investors, I have a short update today, with just a few fast points to consider. – Chinese buying of Italian debt helped stocks hold ground and move slightly higher overnight. Still, Italian borrowing costs rose as other investors are avoiding buying Italian debt – they probably see this as a good chance [...]

G’day traders and investors, Markets are now basically pricing in a Greek default as yields on two year Greek Government Bonds hit a massive 60%. The Euro is falling on the back of this and European banks took a hammering. Then there was a recovery in the US with rumors that Italy has a bigger [...]

G’day traders and investors, For Lifestyle traders August has been a great month for trends. The first half was a lot easier though, with sideways Forex and a couple of Commodities, but great trends in Grains and Softs. Looking forward, those moves in Grains and Softs (caused by extreme weather in the US with both [...]

G’day traders and investors, Have a look at my weekly today if you are an LIS client and an Australian – especially if you have your Super or other investments committed to balanced funds. But the article is also heavy on the question: “Why do Australian assets seem to get punished more than other markets?” [...]