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Getting the Upper Hand of the Coronavirus – Implications for Investors
There are increasing signs that science and medicine are getting the upper hand against coronavirus. AMP Capital’s Dr Shane Oliver looks at what this means for global markets moving forward.
Read MoreShaping Investments for the Future
With significant demographic shifts occurring around the world, one useful approach for investors is to use demographic themes and trends as a compass for future investing.
Read MoreHow Do Interest Rates Affect Stockmarkets?
With interest rates at all time lows around the world, Kevin Murphy from Schroders looks at how interest rates affect stockmarkets and what may happen in the event of fiscal tightening.
Read MoreOctober Brings Buyback Windfall for Income Investors
Plato’s Dr Peter Gardner looks at the recently-completed off-market buybacks by Commonwealth Bank and Woolworths, and specifically their tax implications for income investors.
Read MoreMania Clouds Risk Despite Gold Merger Bright Spot
VanEck’s Joe Foster believes that, while the risks inherent to a Fed tightening cycle will eventually drive gold prices higher, markets are currently in a euphoria where complacency reigns and risks are ignored.
Read MoreSeven Group: Hiding in plain sight?
Value trades often emerge when a great business sits within a mediocre sector, or when the market assigns an arbitrary discount to a type of business. For Airlie, Seven Group Holdings falls into both categories.
Read MoreAre We Facing A Game-Changer in China?
The question for Australian investors is to what extent China’s current woes should concern them and what impact they may have on markets? T. Rowe Price’s Randal Jenneke gives his thoughts.
Read MoreInfrastructure, Interest Rates & Inflation
Infrastructure, interest rates and inflation: 3 dynamics that are commonly linked. But, as 4D Infrastructure explains, often in an incomplete manner that does not reflect the full story of their correlation.
Read MoreFive Fintech and Blockchain Companies to Know About
A fintech is just a business that helps bring better technology to financial services, making banking, insurance, and wealth management cheaper and more efficient. But what are some fintech companies?
Read More‘Reaching for Yield’ into Corporate Debt Takes On a Risky Hue
Covid and its associated consequences have forced many businesses to survive on debt, not economic viability. This, as Magellan’s Michael Collins argues, increases the risk of broader financial instability.
Read MoreEarnings Lift
In his weekly Bites column, David Bassanese from BetaShares gives us a rundown of what’s happening in markets, both local and global.
Read MoreThe Worry List for Shares – How Worrying Are They?
A rocky past few weeks for shares and markets around the world, but is the pullback a buying opportunity or the start of a longer downtrend? AMP’s Dr Shane Oliver weighs in with his thoughts on the matter.
Read MoreMicrosoft (MSFT US): Same but different
Everybody knows Microsoft. It is a business that has been the bedrock for how we get things done for decades. Alphinity’s Trent Masters takes us under the hood of this ubiquitous megatech.
Read MoreT. Rowe Price Sep 2021 Global Equity Recap
T. Rowe Price’s Sam Ruiz gives his thoughts on how global equity markets have played out across sectors and around the world in the past month, and how his firm’s Global Fund has responded.
Read MoreThe Great Value Rotation
The ‘value trade’ continues to do well as inflation concerns, whether you think it is transitory or real, point to rate rises and tapering of quantitative easing. VanEck’s Arian Neiron explains why.
Read MoreDon’t Fear the Taper
As vaccination rates increase around the world, world economies appear to be stabilising. Economic output is around pre-pandemic levels, and signs of inflation and wage pressure have become a theme of 2021.
Read MoreRe-Opening for Business
As economies open and central bankers prepare to reduce policy support, diversification across both asset classes and strategies will be key to navigating potentially more volatile markets ahead.
Read MoreThe Peak in Peaks
Waiting for a pullback to deploy cash can be fraught with peril, as no one can time the market. Although some may be lucky enough to do so occasionally, few can consistently outperform with this strategy.
Read MoreClimate Transition Supply Chains Rely on a Series of Weak Links
Whether you were warned by a friend to buy your Christmas presents in August or have been waiting for the new iPhone 13, you’ll know that global supply chains are facing severe disruption.
Read MoreFive Hydrogen Stocks to Know About
As the world moves away from fossil fuels, hydrogen is receiving a lot of attention from investors and governments. But what are some hydrogen companies, and what do they do?
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Higher Yields: September spike or sustained trend?
The recent sharp sell-off in government bond yields is testing the patience of central banks and bond markets are reacting to the hawkish messages, as Andrew Mulliner from Janus Henderson explains.
Read MoreThe Recent Example of Investors’ Aversion to Losses
There are four behaviours, biases or theories that behavioural economists have uncovered that explain Western investors’ retreat from China equities over the past month despite the strong returns of the index.
Read MoreForget Nukes, Cyber Conflict is the 21st Century Crisis
The online age has heralded a new era of warfare, which pits not only sovereign nations against one another, but also cyber criminals against businesses, individuals, and their intellectual property.
Read MoreThree Key Reasons to Hold Private Equity in Your SMSF
Attractive long-term performance coupled with lower risk / correlation to listed equities, as well as improved resilience through market cycles, makes this once hard-to-access asset class increasingly important.
Read MoreFreedom Day!
In his weekly Bites column, David Bassanese from BetaShares gives us a rundown of what’s happening in markets, both local and global.
Read MoreRansomware is So Rife it’s a Threat to National Security
Magellan Investment Specialist Michael Collins argues that cracking down on cryptocurrencies might ruin the risk-reward calculation for the criminals behind the proliferation of ransomware.
Read MoreWhat if Interest Rates Stay Low Forever?
Given the current backdrop, GAM Investments’ Julian Howard suggests it is difficult to see how central bankers might ever return to what might be deemed a ‘normal’ interest rate environment.
Read MoreNever Let a Good Balance Sheet Go to Waste
Following record stimulus and better than expected economic conditions during financial year 2021, small companies are flush with cash. Perennial’s Marco Correia wonders, how will they spend it?
Read MoreInfrastructure Has an Edge as a Long-Term Income Solution
With government bond yields at record lows, investors have had to look elsewhere to meet their income needs. One sector they are turning to, as ClearBridge’s Shane Hurst explains, is infrastructure.
Read MoreCommodities – Super Cycle or Just Good Sense?
With multiple structural tailwinds and the risk of inflation making headlines, three portfolio managers at Janus Henderson ask: is it time to reconsider commodities’ use as a valuable portfolio diversifier?
Read MoreWhat Does the Worsening Chip Shortage Mean for Investors?
With news suggesting that the semiconductor shortage is getting worse, investors are asking what it may mean for semiconductor companies and their shareholders.
Read MoreTech Wreck
In his weekly Bites column, David Bassanese from BetaShares gives us a rundown of what’s happening in markets, both local and global.
Read MoreThe Three Drivers of Innovation in Biotech Stocks
In this video, John Hall from T. Rowe Price looks at the three drivers of innovation in the biotech industry that are creating investment opportunities that will help shape the future of medicine.
Read MoreWhat Can Be Done to Improve Australian Housing Affordability?
With housing affordability in Australia worse than ever, AMP’s Dr Shane Oliver looks at the sector and some potential measures that might be taken to remedy a situation that is no longer cyclical, but chronic.
Read MoreCreative Disruption: 5G Wireless Technology
MFS Investment Management explains how its research teams assess key factors to understand 5G implications through a long-term view in support of investment decisions.
Read MoreThe Cycle – Where Are We?
Markets are most afraid of a Fed mistake, but T. Rowe Price’s David Eiswert believes we are increasingly leaning toward a “goldilocks” scenario where inflation fades and economic growth stabilises.
Read MoreThe Long Game in Small Caps
Portfolio Manager for the DNR Capital Australian Emerging Companies Fund, Sam Twidale discusses the importance of looking past the short term noise in the market and focussing on the long term.
Read MorePerspectives on China, the Evergrande Saga and Macau
Paul Ehrlichman and Grace Su from ClearBridge believe the current uncertainty and risks in China should be viewed in the context of the significant long-term investment opportunities in the region.
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