News - Page 4 of 4 - Classic Investments

News - Page 4 of 4 - Classic Investments

Baby boomers still caught in mortgage trap

By Rebecca Brice | ABC An analysis of Census data has found that the proportion of Australians who own their homes outright has substantially dropped in the past 10 years. The same analysis shows a corresponding increase in the proportion of people still paying off their loans to their bank. The Adelaide University demographer who researched the data says more Continue Reading...

Dividends

In an otherwise gloomy climate for investing, dividends are giving shareholders a ray of hope....

Should you Borrow to buy shares?

Even a temporary drop in the share prices pushes many investors over their risk tolerance levels and gearing just amlifies the losses says Anderw Doherty, Morningstar Australasia’s joint head of equity research....

Where Aussies will invest next?

Our economy is supposed to be weathering the overseas storm, and the Reserve Bank has waded in with probably the first of a couple of rate cuts to give us a better chance....

The euro crisis and investments

The euro zone crisis has cast a pall over investment markets for the past few years and there is little sign of it improving quickly. But our experts say there are opportunities for the hardy investor...