A bounce-back in investment holds open the possibility of very good news

May 28, 2021 11:12 am UTC| Economy Investing

Private business investment is one of the key drivers of economic growth. Business investment in equipment (and even in buildings) drives productivity, which the Nobel Prize winning economist Paul Krugman famously...

Digital Currency Revolution

What Elon Musk's bitcoin U-turn means for the future of crypto

May 16, 2021 11:29 am UTC| Digital Currency Investing

Teslas relationship with cryptocurrencies has been a stop-start rollercoaster. In February, the electric vehicle manufacturer announced it had purchased US$1.5 billion (1.1 billion) of bitcoin and planned to accept the...

The Low and Middle Income Tax Offset has been extended yet again. It delivers help neither when nor where it's needed

May 16, 2021 11:15 am UTC| Investing Law

The Low and Middle Income Tax Offset (known as the LMITO or lamington) has been given yet another new lease of life. What started in 2018 as a stop-gap until broader tax cuts were introduced, was extended because of...

What’s a capital gain and how is it taxed?

May 09, 2021 10:05 am UTC| Investing

President Joe Biden plans to propose doubling the tax wealthy people pay on their capital gains. Under the plan, which he intends to present during an April 28, 2021, speech to Congress, the tax rate on profits from the...

Small shareholders can be left worse off when companies raise funds. Here's how to protect them

Apr 22, 2021 06:00 am UTC| Economy Investing

After the Bank of Queensland agreed to buy ME Bank from Australias industry superannuation funds in February, it needed to raise A$1.35 billion quickly. The way it did it depleted the wealth of quite a few retail...

S. Korea to increase R&D budget for next-generation cars

Apr 17, 2021 15:09 pm UTC| Business Economy Investing

South Korea will spend 367.9 billion in research development (RD) on key technologies for next-generation vehicles this year, up 37 percent from the previous year, to help local automakers take the lead in the...

Swaps, options and other derivatives aren't just for the financial elite

Apr 04, 2021 09:36 am UTC| Economy Investing

One of the biggest trends in economics over the past 40 years has been so-called financialisation whereby an increasing proportion of GDP in advanced economies comes from the financial sector. This has involved the...