Anguish in August…

Rowan’s quarterly round up for end May 2011 put the finger on the button when it comes to volatility in the global markets. His PIGS (Portugal, Italy, Greece and Spain) contagion really came home to roost in August with even US Treasury Bonds taking an early rating knock from Standard
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“Greece” is the word…

WOW!! What a quarter this has been!! It seems that all the gains in global and local markets made in the last quarter ending February 2011 have been eroded by the tragic earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Japan and the potential threat of nuclear meltdown. Global markets dipped shar
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A great final quarter for the Tax year ended Feb 2011…

28 February 2011 concluded with a good bull run of almost 5 months in both local and international share markets. Even the troubles brewing in North Africa towards the end of that month had a minimal impact on investor optimisim. The recovery since 6 March 2009 has been especially gra
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