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NEWSLETTER – June 2018 BUSINESSES AT THE COLD FACE THANE FINANCE The Australian Dollar is currently sitting at 74 cents to the US Dollar. It has had a fairly static ride in the recent quarter, however coming down on a steady decline since January. This is good news for our exporters and the economy in…

NEWSLETTER – March 2018 BUSINESSES AT THE COLD FACE THANE FINANCE Major stock markets around the world are experiencing a bumpy ride in the micro cycle, the ASX is no stranger to this as well. The reasoning behind the bumpy ride is confusing economic figures coming out from the U.S. creating some negative sentiment on…

NEWSLETTER – September 2017 BUSINESSES AT THE COLD FACE THANE FINANCE The Australian share market as a broad base has held its ground or moved to a very slight increase. The S&P/ASX 200 has increased by half a percent over the same period for the previous year. This flat movement is likely to continue through…

NEWSLETTER – September 2017 BUSINESSES AT THE COLD FACE THANE FINANCE The ASX has steadied amongst some issues pertaining to compliance, particularly around financial institutions. Commonwealth Bank are being the hardest hit, and to that end, we feel that there is probably more pain to come. There is some correction with mining stocks, as those…

NEWSLETTER – June 2017 BUSINESSES AT THE COLD FACE THANE FINANCE The All Ordinaries traded fairly flat for the last 3 months which also reflected in economic data and interest rates. We still continue to see some green shoots amongst the blue chip and green chip stocks with a clear absence of growth from the…

NEWSLETTER – MARCH 2017 BUSINESSES AT THE COLD FACE THANE FINANCE Interest rates were left on hold for the full quarter, which was largely predicted by most economists, and in the medium term this looks to be the prevailing philosophy for the Reserve Bank. We expect the next interest rate movement to be upward given…

NEWSLETTER – DECEMBER 2016 BUSINESSES AT THE COLD FACE THANE FINANCE Whilst we have seen some positive trends midyear, it appears that the latter part of the year will be somewhat more challenged. ANZ economists have sighted that markets are weakening in the back end of 2016 due to a noticeable reduction in Firms’ profits.…

NEWSLETTER – SEPTEMBER 2016 BUSINESSES AT THE COLD FACE THANE FINANCE The Australian stock exchange continue to ride on hopes and fears of the American interest rate announcements (which appears to be holding firm). In the last quarter, we have seen the index remain steady which is in slight contrast to the challenges it faced…