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Hello all, Finally hoping to get my first IP (yay!) and am looking at apartments in St Kilda East. Rented a 1-bedder in the area about 10 years back and loved the area, which is why I am looking around there for an IP. Would appreciate any feedback on the area in terms of investment...

Took the plunge and bought myself a blu-ray player recently. In one word: WOW! Didn't think I would be as impressed as when I transitioned from VHS to DVD but I was and more. Not only is the picture awesome in HD, the sound is so crisp and clear it just makes took my movie watching into a...

http://www.theage.com.au/news/business/money/planning/the-worst-is-yet-to-come/2009/04/27/1240684397986.html I am one of those who voted "Yes I am at risk in the next few months" in the "Are you Concerned about your Job" thread. It is so bad at work that I can literally be tapped on the...

http://business.theage.com.au/business/the-man-making-a-fortune-out-of-a-crisis-20081017-52v4.html

http://business.theage.com.au/business/big-banks-to-carve-up-suncorp-20081006-4v2j.html After Saint George, now Suncorp. Wonder who's next? I'm guessing Bankwest.

50, 60, 70% off!!! All must go! *sounds of glass breaking* Craazy prices! Be there! But wait, there's more! Because we love our customers, we may extend our sale until 2009! Maybe even 2010! Lots of time to save up and buy! What a deal! AIG You've done it again! Go go Lehman, go...

With the banks taking a hammering, I was looking at other "financial" stocks that may have been taken along the bearish ride. What particularly caught my attention are the fund managers and those that service the supernnuation industry. Taken a look at a few and certainly the fall in prices...

Hi Guys, Not sure if this has been brought up before, but I've just come across the podcasts from the ASX. Pretty interesting stuff. Might help keep everyone busy while we wait for the storm clouds to pass :) http://www.asx.com.au/resources/podcast/2008.htm Happy listening! e

In the spirit of Andrew_A's original thread that was started in the middle of the latest boom (and when the index was just above 4000 I believe, I thought it would be interesting to see when everyone thinks we will return to the 4000 level. Given our market usually takes its cue from the US...

Hi All, With the sharemarket wobbles and all the excitement :rolleyes: that brings, how low do you think the All Ordinaries Index will fall to? I'm calling 4000. Cheers, E

Hi Folks, Anyone here use MQ Prime for their share investing/trading? Been reading up on it at the Macquarie website and now would like some feedback from actual users of the product. How does it compare to, say, Comsec? How does the leveraging work? If I gear up to 95%, when do I get a...

With another rate rise expected in February, what is your opinion regarding further tax cuts in next year's budget? I would think that if the government was serious in tackling inflation - and thus future rate rises - then it should be thinking twice about tax cuts for now. Basic economics...