So just how safe is your bank ? Well Global Finance has released its list of the worlds “Top 50 Safest Banks” and interestingly a number of Australian Banks feature on the list in high ranking places. National Australia Bank (NAB) takes the top place at spot 11 – yes, that 11th in the world [...]

The RBA has left interest rates on hold today on the back of overnight global woes. Most noticably, the Statement by Glenn Stevens states (in summary) the following:

World economy has remained very weak following decreases in demand late last year
Conditions in global credit markets have improved since November last year, but remain fraigle
Demand has not [...]

I thought it would be useful to look at some of theories of capital structure and what their purpose is, how they apply to companies and whether we really need to know about them as investors. Evidently, the later part of this statement is true – all parts of finance are indeed useful – and [...]

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I have had a number of people write to me over the last few days asking how exactly short selling works and whether I can provide an example. This is a great question and often confuses many traders and investors alike in the market. The primary reason for this is the logic behind selling and [...]