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Economic & Market Review - 2nd Quarter, 2010
Early in 2010, the anxiety about excessive debt levels spread from banks to numerous governments, including a number that bailed out their banks.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has forecast that general government gross debt in advanced countries will rise, on average, from 75% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) at the end of 2007 to about 110% of GDP by the end of 2014.
Investors should remember that these issues are already reflected in the price of securities and that no investment is totally risk free, even government bonds.
The Structure of Unlisted Property Trusts
Today, many unlisted property structures are frozen, many are struggling with excessive debt, some have been forced to cease distributions and there is uncertainty about the value of unit-holders' investments if properties are sold on the open market.
This has happened before. After the complete collapse of the unlisted property sector at the start of the 1990s, it seemed inconceivable that they would return to popularity - but they have.
Unless the next generation of planners learn the lessons from the past, over the forthcoming decades we may again be fated to experience a mass freezing of investors' property holdings."
Economic & Market Review - 1st Quarter, 2010
Executive Summary
- The Reserve Bank of Australia is positive and confident about the economic growth prospects for Australia over the medium term.
- The performance of International shares has been weak compared to Australian shares over the past decade. However, in the 1980s and 1990s, the U.S and International stockmarkets outperformed the Australian stockmarket, often by a considerable margin.
- Australia's stockmarket is becoming increasingly correlated to Emerging Markets, such as China and India.
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