U.S. Voters wanted change and they now have it. Donald Trump has been elected the next president of the United States with the Republican Party likely retaining control of the House, and probably the Senate. This means President Trump’s policies could have a slim margin of support in Congress. The win for Donald Trump highlights the feeling of dissatisfaction among middle class America.

Following on from our update last week, we are happy to inform you we have re-instated our communications at Suite 1, 3 Barker Avenue. Our emails are now working and starting today, it is business as usual. We aim to respond to the back log of emails throughout the day.

As you are aware, we have moved location to Suite 1, 3 Barker Avenue, Como. The time and date of our relocation was directly linked to when the NBN team could relocate our telephony & internet services.

Unfortunately there have been significant behind the scenes issues with Optus and the NBN team and since yesterday our email service has been inoperative. Optus & the NBN team are working on the issue and have informed us that our service will be back up and running in 24 - 48 hours.

Exciting things are happening at Active Financial Services and we want to share some important news with you.

A fantastic opportunity arose to move to a new premises on the ground floor of a modern building with an aim to improve the facilities, services and experience for our clients. We aim to start relocating between the 4th and the 7th of October 2016.
We hope to limit any disruption to our services however it is anticipated our telephone system may be down for a period of time at some stage during the transition week.

The polls and bookmakers were wrong and the Brits have voted to leave the EU by what looks to be quite a decent margin under the circumstances. Panic has already set in in the markets, there’s no avoiding the significant volatility over the short term. Trying to time the market right now will be difficult and it remains to be seen what happens overnight and into next week.

Season’s Greetings one and all.

2015 has been another eventful year, starting with Alexis Tsipras becoming prime minister of Greece only to face tough austerity demands from the EU; continuing with escalating war in Syria, now with Russia’s involvement; Earthquakes (Nepal being the biggest); Mecca Hajj stampede; significant refugee problems in Europe (there has to be a better solution), continued South China Sea tensions and more recently, the attacks in Paris (proving that no country is immune to the global threat of terror).

Global share markets fall despite sound fundamentals. All major share markets have been sold down heavily over recent days. The correction on equity markets has also been accompanied by ongoing falls in the price of commodities and emerging market currencies. Since the beginning of August, Australian shares are down 12%, with losses of 10% to 12% recorded across the United States, Europe and Japan. Chinese shares have declined 14% since the start of the month.

Season’s Greetings one and all.   

Are we the only ones who blinked and another year’s gone by? We hope you and your family have had a fantastic year and for those of you who are lucky enough to get a break, we hope you enjoy the time celebrating with loved ones. From Active’s point of view, it has been an interesting year with continued changes to legislation and financial markets.

Analysts say the 2013 Budget measures contained no real surprises and few measures to excite businesses or stimulate the economy and financial markets away from current trend levels. The changes announced are unlikely to change the Reserve Bank's easing interest rate bias, the Australian dollar is expected to react negatively to the large budget deficit announced for 2013/14 and 2014/15, however, a lower dollar in itself should be positive for our export related companies and sectors such as resources.