Anyone not wanting to celebrate our 29 years of economic growth without a recession is either a committed anti-capitalist or pre-ordained to hate anything positive. Our great economic record is why we can help Victorians and as a nation get on top of this virus.

Inflation data dominates in the coming week. At present the quarterly data on price changes doesn’t rank highly for investors with the pandemic impacting on wage growth and consumer demand.

It’s not World War 2. No bombs being are being dropped on Darwin or enemy submarines in Sydney Harbour. It’s time for a stiff upper lip and get on with it.

I've nominated Xero as a "best of the best" cornerstone stock for your portfolio, but is it currently priced too high?

Western Australian gold exploration and development company Classic Minerals Limited has shifted its focus to preparing its Kat Gap Project for production.

The Treasurer’s extension of JobKeeper boosted the stock market by 2.6% yesterday and governments are throwing the kitchen sink at the coronavirus, which means we’ll beat this sucker.

With short-term interest rates expected to remain near zero for the foreseeable future, investors seeking higher returns will need to increase their exposure to credit or duration.

The newest trend in the US is offering zero commission or free brokerage on share trading. Here’s why I think this trend is unlikely to pick up in Australia.

Just before high noon this Thursday, the Treasurer will strap on his budget guns to shoot down the economic devastation caused by the Coronavirus Kid. Will this be enough to corral this viral villain?

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Yesterday’s job report was a ‘gift’ of sorts to the Treasurer. Now ACTU boss Sally McManus needs to keep being flexible on industrial relations to create and preserve as many jobs as possible. Then we can celebrate.

Although it’s been a difficult year for dividend yield as a strategy, mostly driven by the effects of COVID, there have been bright spots at the stock level.