Spring is here. It's time to shake off the winter cobwebs and enjoy the warmer weather the new season brings.
In a mixed picture for the Australian economy, inflation eased but not as much as expected. Meanwhile, rapidly rising discretionary spending along with global uncertainties meant another interest rate rise at the end of September.
The CPI surged to 4.0%, up from 3.5% in July and underlying inflation remained steady at 3.6%.
Consumer confidence improved during August, rising to its highest level 88.9 since March. However, declined 5.2% to 84.4 in September, with fuel prices and interest rates driving the move.
There were some solid gains (and falls) in Australian shares during August with the S&P/ASX 200 above 9000 for the first time since the Iran air strikes began. September experienced a correction dropping around 4%. Declines were triggered by sticky inflation, rate hike fears, rising energy prices and ongoing geopolitical tensions in the Middle East.
We are not strangers to the ups and downs of the share market but maintaining a long-term perspective is key to navigating market volatility.
We hope you are enjoying the Spring weather and watching our gardens and landscape come to life.
Michael Connick, Senior Financial Planner
\", body='Spring is here. It’s time to shake off the winter cobwebs and enjoy the warmer weather the new season brings.
In a mixed picture for the Australian economy, inflation eased but not as much as expected. Meanwhile, rapidly rising discretionary spending along with global uncertainties meant another interest rate rise at the end of September.
The CPI surged to 4.0%, up from 3.5% in July and underlying inflation remained steady at 3.6%.
Consumer confidence improved during August, rising to its highest level 88.9 since March. However, declined 5.2% to 84.4 in September, with fuel prices and interest rates driving the move.
There were some solid gains (and falls) in Australian shares during August with the S&P/ASX 200 above 9000 for the first time since the Iran air strikes began. September experienced a correction dropping around 4%. Declines were triggered by sticky inflation, rate hike fears, rising energy prices and ongoing geopolitical tensions in the Middle East.
We are not strangers to the ups and downs of the share market but maintaining a long-term perspective is key to navigating market volatility.
We hope you are enjoying the Spring weather and watching our gardens and landscape come to life.
Michael Connick, Senior Financial Planner
', bucket='advantplus-production', cmyk_colour=None, default_body='##message', designator='', html_tag='span', id=915900, index=1.0, key=None, lookup_id=None, lookup_type='Introduction', name='Introduction', new_key=None, suffix=None, variable_style=DotMap(alignment='', colour='', font='', line_height='12', size='9'))","10-13 05:48 prerendered soup is:Spring is here. It's time to shake off the winter cobwebs and enjoy the warmer weather the new season brings.
In a mixed picture for the Australian economy, inflation eased but not as much as expected. Meanwhile, rapidly rising discretionary spending along with global uncertainties meant another interest rate rise at the end of September.
The CPI surged to 4.0%, up from 3.5% in July and underlying inflation remained steady at 3.6%.
Consumer confidence improved during August, rising to its highest level 88.9 since March. However, declined 5.2% to 84.4 in September, with fuel prices and interest rates driving the move.
There were some solid gains (and falls) in Australian shares during August with the S&P/ASX 200 above 9000 for the first time since the Iran air strikes began. September experienced a correction dropping around 4%. Declines were triggered by sticky inflation, rate hike fears, rising energy prices and ongoing geopolitical tensions in the Middle East.
We are not strangers to the ups and downs of the share market but maintaining a long-term perspective is key to navigating market volatility.
We hope you are enjoying the Spring weather and watching our gardens and landscape come to life.
Michael Connick, Senior Financial Planner
","","10-13 05:48 styling DotMap(alignment='', colour='', font='', line_height='12', size='9')","10-13 05:48 selecting 0:1273 of 1273 in frame_intro","10-13 05:48 floating line","10-13 05:48 floating vec","10-13 05:48 floating text frame","10-13 05:48 applying Helvetica Neue LT Std 45 Light","10-13 05:48 set Helvetica Neue LT Std 45 Light","10-13 05:48 finding img for https://advantplus-production.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/bxefp2gznz3rd1b52wp4pbm5kwbn?response-content-disposition=inline%3B%20filename%3D%22M%2526S33.jpg%22%3B%20filename%2A%3DUTF-8%27%27M%26S33.jpg&response-content-type=image%2Fjpeg&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA5CYILROOMANDSS5P%2F20261013%2Fap-southeast-2%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20261013T054847Z&X-Amz-Expires=300&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Signature=46bb17d8d5b51d424b0ac3a035a51d17c0814064e6c19c74cdd828511c72b8ae","10-13 05:48 activestorage img is /tmp/rpref/rails/active_storage/blobs/bxefp2gznz3rd1b52wp4pbm5kwbn","10-13 05:48 floating html img: /tmp/rpref/rails/active_storage/blobs/bxefp2gznz3rd1b52wp4pbm5kwbn","10-13 05:48 formatting frame var DotMap(as_pdf='Pinnacle Financial Planning Pty Ltd', body='Pinnacle Financial Planning Pty Ltd', bucket='advantplus-production', cmyk_colour=None, default_body='##name', designator='', html_tag='strong', id=915902, index=2.0, key=None, lookup_id=1822, lookup_type='User', name='trading name', new_key=None, suffix='', variable_style=DotMap(alignment='', colour='', font='Helvetica Neue LT Std 75 Bold', line_height='11', size='9'))","10-13 05:48 prerendered soup is: Pinnacle Financial Planning Pty Ltd","","10-13 05:48 styling DotMap(alignment='', colour='', font='Helvetica Neue LT Std 75 Bold', line_height='11', size='9')","10-13 05:48 selecting 2:36 of 38 in frame_footer","10-13 05:48 applying Helvetica Neue LT Std 75 Bold","10-13 05:48 set Helvetica Neue LT Std 75 Bold","10-13 05:48 formatting frame var DotMap(as_pdf='52 Wyndham Street