Australian investors are anxious about their country’s equity market, with many idling substantial portions of their portfolios in cash. Ironically, such behavior could actually bode well for the market’s near-term performance. Read More

Australia's central bank must weigh a bevy of sometimes contradictory data sets in arriving at its short-, medium- and long-term policy positions. Nevertheless, it's set of issues continues to argue that it is indeed a lucky country. Read More

The Australian dollar has a well-known and well-earned reputation as a "commodity currency." But other factors are beginning to influence the way it moves. Read More

Australia's biggest pipeline owner/operator will now be able to up its offer for a complementary collection of assets that could become the subject of a bidding war. Read More

The June report on GDP growth in the Middle Kingdom proved one thing: China looms over Australia. Read More

Transaction costs can be a major hurdle for investment performance. Fortunately, the Australian Securities Exchange finally faces competition, which should eventually put Australia at parity in terms of trading costs with other developed-world markets. Read More

Italy turned back Die Mannschaft's latest great soccer hopes hours before Germany's resistance to immediate help for Europe's periphery appeared to crumble. Read More

AE Portfolio Aggressive Holding Rio Tinto Ltd (ASX: RIO, NYSE; RIO) extended its iron ore commitments this week because, despite short-term headwinds, the long-term demand story from the Middle Kingdom is very much intact. Read More

A plan to build wealth for the long term won’t depend on politics or central bank action but on high-quality, dividend-paying businesses. Read More

The Australian coal industry faces numerous headwinds, but one of the country’s youngest billionaires sees opportunity in the sector from which he made his fortune. Amid such industry consolidation, we consider what opportunities remain for the individual investor. Read More

Australia posted the strongest growth in the developed world in the first quarter of 2012. Read More

The calculations are more complex for Chinese officials this year, who are grappling with a tense leadership transition as well as a slowing economy that together threathen their cherished stability. Read More

What happens in Greece will spread to Europe and from there infect China and Australia. That's the immediate-term fear. Focus on the long-term reality instead. Read More

The Australian Edge Portfolio--buoyed by the Conservative Holdings--outperformed during the worst trading day of 2012 on the Australian Securities Exchange. Read More

Discipline is the key to building wealth over the long term. Only step in at a price that makes sense to you, and always sell when business fundamentals break down. Read More

You don't have to trade on the Australian Securities Exchange to enjoy all the benefits of exposure to what's happening Down Under. Read More

The Reserve Bank of Australia really, really wants the Four Pillars to pass on its latest rate cut. We'll see. Read More

Tame inflation data increase the pressure on Australia's central bank to cut its developed-world high benchmark interest rate. Read More

There will be no share buyback. But Australia's dominant telecom is positioned to grow its business--and its dividend--for the long term. Read More

The worst week of the year for the world's most watched equity index is a reminder that we're still dealing with the effects of the Great Financial Crisis. Read More