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Key points
- 2023 was a year of extreme volatility and uncertainty. Central banks around the world confirmed a commitment to higher interest rates due to inflation concerns.
Blogs & Insights
Our team share helpful ideas and tips with an aim to simplify as much financial jargon as possible, share ideas and tips to assist in building the success of your financial future.
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It certainly can't have escaped your notice that the shares in the top companies of Australia and the world got hit mighty hard last year. The extreme volatility has dominated the news headlines, adding fuel to the post Covid uncertainty.
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Feeling a bit seasick from the volatility of the world’s financial markets?
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2023 MS Gong Ride - Sunday 5th November
Michal Bodi - Senior Financial Planner of Sydney Financial Planning has entered the 2023 MS Gong Ride and will be riding his bike from Sydney to Wollongong, a phenomenal 54 km, to support people living with Multiple Sclerosis (MS).
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Key points
- Successful investing can be really difficult in times like the present with immense uncertainty around the impact of coronavirus on the outlook.
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Key points
- 2022 was dominated by high inflation, rising interest rates, war in Ukraine & recession fears. This hit bonds & shares hard, driving reductions in the prices for growth accounts, offering rare buying opportunities for dollar cost averaging strategies. Income returns from diversified growth portfolios remain solid and above average.
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You may have parents who live on their own but because of failing health they need support to help care for themselves or it may be that they cannot look after themselves anymore and need to move to a home that can.
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Key points
- Share markets remain under pressure from high inflation, rising rates & bond yields and the rising risk of recession and the threat that poses to company profits.