kevinso

We are certainly living amid volatile political times. Nationalism is tending strongly among western communities and commonly known liberties are being casually tested. Rather strangely and amid all of this, the equity and property markets have, in recent times, been at their least volatile. In a world where information sharing is occurring at light speed, has the constant noise of the news feed deafened and desensitized us?

The prevailing interest rate settings have become the most economically divisive factor in matters of financial planning over the last two years. Newspapers are filled with articles addressing housing affordability, reduced income returns from cash and fixed interest investments, and inflated property and equity markets to name only a few of the concerns of the general public.

When the wheels of economic growth spin in the mud for what seems to be an eternity, we can expect that interest rates will remain within a range that is uncommonly low for some time.