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Vanguard News & Commentary

  • The Federal Budget’s confirmation that the annual cap on concessional superannuation contributions for all fund members over 50 will halve to $25,000 from the 2012-13 financial year, has some investment commentators envisaging that more investo...

  • We've been told by the financial community at large that it's a tough time to be an investor. The financial markets are extremely volatile. Bond yields are near historic lows. The outlook is uncertain.

  • The latest bouts of sharemarket volatility and this month’s cut in official interest rates once again highlight the crucial role of bonds in a properly diversified investment portfolio.

Economic Issues

  • MATTHEW YGLESIAS at Slate discusses a fascinating new paper in the Journal of Economic Literature that asks "Why is the teen birth rate in the United States so high and why does it matter?" The authors, economists Melissa Schettini Kearney of the University of Maryland and Phillip B. Levine of...

  • AS Greece faces a second election and Spain's banking crisis worsens, our correspondents discuss the uncertain future of the euro zone

  • The euro-zone crisis, as told through Economist coversIN MAY 2010 The Economist put Europe's debt crisis on its cover for the first time, accompanied by a decent filmic pun and an image of the Parthenon. Since then, the continent's financial woes have kept our cover designer busy conjuring up various...