What’s all the fuss about nuclear power? A load of hot air, according to one third of Australians living in the recently privatised energy market in New South Wales.
New research on the energy retail brands in NSW carried out by Blue Orb, an energy and sustainability communications …
You may have noted a developing theme throughout our blogs recently on the uncertainty in the markets and what impact it is having and how investors are increasingly just parking their money in cash.
You can’t blame investors for taking such an approach – especially when you start …
If success breeds confidence then the lack of confidence in global markets right now implies significant failure – or at least a petrified fear of failure.
Decoupling is now a major risk (as you would have read in a multitude of media sources already) due to stagnated growth …
Why is it that a willing and financially able potential client will walk away from a financial adviser, even though they can clearly see the value in the adviser’s offer?
It comes down to one, prohibitive factor: cost.
A recent round of mystery shopping conducted by CoreData among …
According to John Kenneth Galbraith, an economist who knew a thing or two about recessions, inflation and deflation and the role of interest rates and Governments, the only reason for economic forecasters to exist was to make horoscopes look reliable.
At the moment, any cursory examination of Australian …
Leonard Lauder, chairman of the board of Estee Lauder, coined the term the lipstick index to explain the increased sales of cosmetics during the early 2000′s recession. Lauder’s claim was that lipstick sales were inversely correlated to economic health and could be used as an economic indicator.
His …
