Tim Treadgold

End nears for dollar’s dazzler days

17-May-2013

IT'S easy to get excited about what's happening in the fast-moving world of currency values but it's wrong to describe what's happening as a 'war', because it's not; what's going on is simply economics at work, and it's telling a story of changes in the wealth of nations.

No substitute for the ‘real world’

Tim Treadgold

14-May-2013

Whatever else is revealed in tonight's federal budget there is one thing I hope for - an end to the nonsense of 'modelling', because it is painfully obvious that modelling is nothing more than modern-day crystal ball gazing, and is invariably wrong.

Xstrata co-founder Davis lines up new tilt

Tim Treadgold

07-May-2013

Follow the man, follow the money. For hard-hit followers of resource stocks in Western Australia that's where they will find nuggets of good news, as smart people with spare cash refocus on a mining sector that's showing early signs of a sustained recovery.

Drawing a line on disability

Tim Treadgold

03-May-2013

The heat of a faux election campaign is the wrong time to make major economic decisions such as that relating to the NDIS.

Government credibility crisis

Tim Treadgold

30-Apr-2013

There are plenty of theories floating around today as to why the Australian Government has failed so badly at managing its finances but behind the politics is a simple fact; it has never understood that business creates wealth and jobs, not government.

Leaner banks, fatter dividends

Tim Treadgold

26-Apr-2013

Fat dividends are the primary reason why Australia's big four banks have pushed most mining stocks out of the top 10 on the Australian Securities Exchange and, while investors might think bank shares cannot rise further, they might be pleasantly surprised if an overseas job-slashing push arrives

Poor foreign policy advice from old-school Marxist

Tim Treadgold

23-Apr-2013

Australia's tightrope walk between long-time friend and ally, the US, and newfound customer for mining and energy exports, China, is back on the political agenda thanks to issues raised in a talk at a conference in Melbourne yesterday by a British academic.

Gold’s glow still strong

Tim Treadgold

19-Apr-2013

High-level warnings of continued volatility for the world economy, particularly in the European Union, are another strong buy signal for bullion.

Browse is dead, long live Browse

Tim Treadgold

16-Apr-2013

IT'S not easy to see the positive aspect to the mothballing of the onshore gas-processing hub proposed for the Browse LNG project on the Kimberley coast.

Overseas rates moves critical

Tim Treadgold

12-Apr-2013

The artificial currency, Bitcoin, won't trigger the next crash, but its mere existence is a sign of the problems facing financial markets.

Has Qantas signed its own death warrant by “merging” with Emirates?

Tim Treadgold

09-Apr-2013

No farmer would ever invite a fox into his hen-house, but a close look over the past few days at the strategic link forged by the one-time Australian flag-carrier, Qantas Airways, with Dubai-based Emirates Airlines, reveals a "fox and hen" situation which can only lead to the obvious outcome.