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Investment Insights



Recent news worthy investment articles and updates.

    It is hard to believe that only 12 months ago the world was literally on the cusp of what literally could have been the second Great Depression. 

    General Motors

    We have super covered

    Are you on top of your super? At Moore Stephens we have super covered.

    Bouncing Back

    The road to smarter investments

    Moore Stephens Melbourne has developed an investment strategy based on empirical research.

    New rescue plan

    Early Tuesday morning, March 24 2009, U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner released the ‘Public-Private Investment Program for Legacy Assets’ or PPIP for short.

    Bailouts and stimulus packages

    Wall Street's message to the Obama administration was clear Tuesday, even if the plan to save the banking industry wasn't. Unhappy with a lack of clarity in Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner's new financial rescue plan, investors launched a massive stock selloff, raising further questions about when confidence would be restored to the market.

    With the power to potentially magnify investment returns, gearing in super may be an exciting opportunity for the savvy self-managed super fund investor.
    In this e-mail, Dr Shane Oliver, AMP’s Chief Economist, looks back over the 2008 year and provides his outlook for 2009. Without putting too fine a point on it, 2008 has been a dreadful year; firstly in stock markets and now in the wider economy, as confidence and employment continue to fall. Whilst he notes that the outlook for 2009 is bleak, he also points out that history shows us that there are great opportunities for long term investors.