Money Management

Entering the market now presents an opportunity to acquire investmentproperty prior to any price rises. 2022 delivered a year’s worth of price declines.However, the opening months of 2023 have brought hope of a property market recovery. Values have stabilised, auction clearance rates are up and motivated buyers have been active. Experts are predicting value growth in major markets over the next two years. Demand has recovered and places a floor under prices A lack of

Only two asset classes achieved returns greater than 10% in the past year. It was deemed as the worst annual period in the past 20 years for many asset classes, says IndexInvest investment managers.  The best performances came from direct property and commodities which returned 11% and 17% respectively in 2022. It is worth noting direct property was the best performer of all asset classes over the past 20 years, returning an average 10.2% annually

By Jane Purnell After a period of strong capital gains across all asset classes, the current decade would be more likely to see a far lower contribution of total return (which includes capital growth and income), given the established relationships between interest rates, inflation, leading economic indicators and corporate earnings which signalled falling profitability in the second half of 2023 and beyond, according to IndexInvest Investment Director Mark Holzworth. To further explain, Talaria Asset Management