Hi All, The Dow Jones peaked at 14,090 prior to the GFC, before tumbling to 6,630. A loss of 53%. The recovery has seen the Dow Jones recover...
Samaka, that is correct - you'll be liable for CGT on the 2nd property for 3 of the 4 years of ownership.
Last update by Steve a couple of days ago confirmed the NavTrade system is now trading up to 45% of FUM with an actual allocation of 27% invested...
Now if only there was a fund out there that could guarantee missing all the 3+% down days, whilst not missing any of the 3+% up days :D
I usually fix and pre-pay the next financial years interest in June, for tax purposes, but keep any additional drawdowns through the year on...
The IP was bought over 6yrs ago, and has only ever been an IP. That is, I never claimed the FHOG, and have never lived in it previously. As...
So you expect it will still be cheaper to buy than rent for the time being, if property prices fall faster than rents. The only way for it to...
I wonder what the time to recovery would have been if instead of investing $1000 on 9/3/1929, you dollar cost averaged into the market by...
Sk3tChY, The standard fee is the percentage of rent charged as commission by the property manager. The admin fee covers the agents costs for...
Standard agent fees are usually 7-8% (ex GST), plus basic admin, plus 2wks rent on each new letting. This is negotiable, depending on the agent,...
I've no real knowledge on the rental vacancies in the area of the unit you linked to. However, my personal experience with 2 apartments on...
The fund never went 100% into cash, it maintained a position of ~2.5% across the selected stocks. This was done to prevent them from having to...
It would almost make more sense for there to be no distribution for this quarter. Paying out a distribution will only serve to further lower the...
I couldn't access etrade until lunchtime. Not happy as I missed picking up a few bargains. Lesson learned, and next time I'll have my orders...
The VBA shares soared to $1.20 in the week leading to the distribution pay date. The poor VBA annual results were announced the day before the...
Have you considered investing in direct shares with high yielding dividends? On current values/forecasts: MQG is paying 8.7% FF NAB is...
The "buy low, sell high" hasn't really applied to date. Up until January this year it was pretty much "buy high, sell higher". Now the Navra...
Hi Thudd, There are many factors that can enable holding multiple investments, but I'll throw up 2 scenarios that first come to mind for you to...
You'd need to investigate if this is possible (though in theory I don't see why it wouldn't be), but if you've purchased grapevines for tax...
I wonder if this last weeks smashing of B&B share price will have any impact on the distribution due to realised losses? According to the...
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