Category Archives: News

Global Equity Markets – Whats Happening and Why

Download: Global Equity Markets Today will be ugly on the market. But the problem is not due to fundamentals. US companies are beating earnings and are cashed up. Australian companies are also in good shape. Barton Biggs and Barry Knapp (Barclays) and other noted fund managers stated this overnight and we concur. They are strong bulls…
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Snapshot February 2012

Snapshot February 2012 Your February Snapshot is a comprehensive economic review of 2011. Why this topic is important: This past year has seen natural disasters in our region, political turmoil in the Middle East, and unresolved national debt issues in Europe and the US — all affecting world economic growth. In this February review we…
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Economic Update June 2012

Download: EconomicUpdate May was the month of mayhem on the markets. The need for the Greeks to go back to the polls spooked everyone and major equity markets fell sharply by six or seven percent.   Spain and Italy are not far behind with their problems and the bureaucrats and politicians in Europe are moving at…
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2012 Federal Budget Analysis

RES-PUB-2012-Budget-Analysis Last night, the Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan delivered his fifth Budget promising to deliver a surplus of $1.5 billion in 2012-13. This will be the first surplus since Labor came to power in 2007. This Budget aims to share the benefits of the resource boom by using the mining tax to fund cash payments…
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MAGICAL WEEKEND FOR HILLY HALF MARATHON

The Stamford Financial Hilly Half Marathon on Hamilton Island has been run and won. The FA Cup Final  wasn’t not the only large event this past May-Day long weekend; with record numbers and times at the sixth Stamford Financial Hilly Half Marathon on Hamilton Island. Airlie Beach local Reuben McLoughlin streeted the field in a…
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Emergency Documents

In the north we face some of the most extreme weather events on the planet.  As a precaution the team at Stamford Financial have put together a quick check-list of documents we advise you should have scanned and backed up to the internet.  The advice in the document is free to download to anyone and is highly recomended…
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