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The government has enacted a Code of Conduct regarding landlord rent relief for SMEs, while large tenants are in negotiations, all of which will impact on REIT valuations and distributions.

Just when bank analysts were attempting to forecast the possible extent of dividend cuts for Australia’s banks, along comes APRA to help make the banks’ decisions for them.

A recession is a given, as is an eventual stock market recovery. But a recovery is entirely dependent on just how deep the inevitable recession will prove to be, and just how long its lasts.

History is littered with bear markets and recessions. We’re in a bear market and a recession is inevitable. Can history tell us how deep and long this bear market and recession will be?

Nothing short of containment and massive coordinated monetary and fiscal stimulus will save the global economy, economists believe. The RBA is now in on the act and the Australian government is doing its bit as well.

The February result season started out well but faded as the month progressed. Subsequent developments nevertheless ensure past earnings results now have little relevance.

A sluggish economy and a strong stock market in 2019. Forecasts for 2020 are becoming increasingly diverse.

The Australian stock market looks set to begin 2020 on from an overvalued position, making gains in the year hard to come by.

Recession or recovery? The global economy is on a knife edge heading into 2020, due to ongoing uncertainties meeting renewed central bank support. How should investors greet the New Year?

In the wake of bank reporting season, disappointed brokers cannot see how dividend levels can be sustained given the gale force headwinds blowing in FY20.