Economic analysts’ forecasts for the coming months indicate a slow recovery. The financial crisis of 2008 is still unravelling and the domino effect is evident in many sectors. With daily news headlines persistently negative towards asset values, you could be excused for thinking: How can we contemplate investing in anything at the moment? The perception […]

Government bonds When sources of income (most commonly tax receipts) are not sufficient to cover spending programs governments will issue bonds to raise the necessary funds.  From time to time asset sales may also be used as a one-off solution to provide an injection of funds.  In Australia the ten year government bond is the […]