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Welcome to Firstlinks Edition 621 with weekend update

  • 24 July 2025
  • 12

How do prices of everyday items in Australia stack up against other major cities around the world? A new guide is out on how our quality of life, rental costs, and prices for phones, coffee, and taxis compare to others.

Welcome to Firstlinks Edition 620 with weekend update

  • 17 July 2025
  • 17

In the first two years of the Albanese government, federal public service numbers ex-defence force increased 57%. Though much of this rise is questionable, larger problems of government bloat may lie elsewhere.

Welcome to Firstlinks Edition 619 with weekend update

  • 10 July 2025
  • 2

In 2025, the dominant consensus trade has gone from being long US assets to long almost everything else. It’s not often a market narrative changes that fast, so how can investors tell if this one will last or not?

Welcome to Firstlinks Edition 618 with weekend update

  • 3 July 2025
  • 2

Stocks had a topsy-turvy first half of the year though ended solidly, while bonds dumped and commodities were mixed, with gold being the star performer. What’s ahead for markets in the second half and 2026 fiscal year?

Welcome to Firstlinks Edition 617

  • 26 June 2025
  • 2

The US is in a debt trap, bond markets will soon break, and private credit is like the US mortgage market in 2005 – these are the pessimistic views of two Wall Street legends, Paul Tudor Jones and Jeffrey Gundlach. Are they right?

Welcome to Firstlinks Edition 616 with weekend update

  • 19 June 2025
  • 4

In a new report, Schroders ranks the US as the most vulnerable country to a government debt crisis among G20 nations. Australia isn’t far behind in fifth place and is considered riskier than Turkey, Argentina, and Russia.

Welcome to Firstlinks Edition 615 with weekend update

  • 12 June 2025
  • 9

We hear a lot about the negative effects of our ageing population on future Government budgets and economic growth. However, new research suggests that the problems may be overblown and there’s a positive story to ageing.

Welcome to Firstlinks Edition 614 with weekend update

  • 5 June 2025
  • 7

A new study has found the median drawdown for individual US stocks over the past 40 years is an astounding 85%, and more than half of the companies never get back to all-time highs. This looks at the lessons for individual investors.

Welcome to Firstlinks Edition 613 with weekend update

  • 29 May 2025
  • 6

The US dollar is 15% overvalued making America “quite uncompetitive”, China is exporting deflation to the rest of the world and expect two more RBA cuts this year – according to Westpac Chief Economist, Luci Ellis.

Welcome to Firstlinks Edition 612 with weekend update

  • 22 May 2025
  • 3

Here are four trends that are upending portfolios now and are expected to prove long-lasting, including politics not economics is driving markets, 60/40 really is dead, and non-US stocks offer upside on multiple fronts.

Welcome to Firstlinks Edition 611 with weekend update

  • 15 May 2025
  • 6

Retirement planning tends to focus on financial matters and far less time is spent on what our day-to-day lives will look like in our twilight years. Here are five tips for preparing for life in retirement.

Welcome to Firstlinks Edition 610 with weekend update

  • 8 May 2025
  • 18

New figures show Government spending on older Australians has increased dramatically in recent decades, at the expense of younger people - and it’s not because of an ageing population. More fodder for the intergenerational equity debate.

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