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Asset Allocation

The Virus Bubble has arrived. How much bigger can it get?

Stock markets are almost as expensive as they have ever been on a range of different measures. The economy is almost as bad as it has ever been on a range of different...
Damien Klassen
Nucleus Wealth
Rapid Fire

Is it time to jump into the equities rally?

The pace of the rally since March has left many investors with a severe case of FOMO, questioning whether chasing equity markets is the right approach. Simon Doyle,...
Patrick Poke
A Rich Life
Asset Allocation

New Complexity Premia podcast: Don't fight the fed, top ideas, and much more

In the latest episode of the Complexity Premia podcast, Ying Yi Ann Cheng and I discuss a range of topics including: What has driven market performance over April,...
Christopher Joye
Coolabah Capital
Asset Allocation

Temptation is high but is the timing right?

The bear market bounce or relief rally continued through May but might be showing signs of losing momentum. The rally in April came after the initial shock of the...
Raf Choudhury
Raf Choudhury
State Street Global Advisors
Asset Allocation

Is cash still king?

While the wild swings in share, credit, currency, and commodity markets have garnered most of the attention in the months following the COVID-19 outbreak, cash markets...
Tony Togher
First Sentier Investors
Asset Allocation

A 50% drawdown for 6% income? It’s time to rethink yield and risk

With interest rates at record lows, many investors are being forced into assuming greater risk in their portfolios to generate acceptable levels of income. As an...
Alastair MacLeod
Wheelhouse Partners
Asset Allocation

A new bear market is unlikely

Between the 23rd of March and the 8th of June, US equities rose 43%, a massive rally. It is not often after this sort of rally that market participants are left...
Nick Reddaway
Nick Reddaway
Drummond Capital Partners
Asset Allocation

Markets disconnect from reality: what comes next?

Stock markets have disconnected from fundamentals (and reality). The economic fundamentals are almost as bad as they have ever been. Stock market valuations are as...
Damien Klassen
Nucleus Wealth
Asset Allocation

You are being given a rare second chance to sell stocks

Stock markets have dislocated from fundamentals. The economic fundamentals are almost as bad as they have ever been. Stock market valuations are almost as expensive as...
Damien Klassen
Nucleus Wealth
Expert Insights

ASX offers better value as recovery looms

Andrew McAuley, Managing Director at Credit Suisse Private Banking Australia, breaks the market cycle down into four phases. Phase 1 is all about panic selling, phase...
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Livewire Markets
Asset Allocation

Equities: Baton Now Passed to Earnings

In this note, we contend that the global share market rally, which has been primarily US equity market driven, has thus far been entirely driven by central banks. The...
Nick Morton
Nick Morton
Resonant Asset Management
Asset Allocation

Follow the money

Investors are particularly vulnerable to what I think of as the Big-Endian question. In Gulliver’s Travels, Jonathan Swift satirised religious schisms by describing a...
Tom Stevenson
Fidelity International
Asset Allocation

Emerging from the depths

Forecasting is difficult at the best of times. Amid a pandemic that has prompted governments worldwide to shutter their economies, it is doubly so. To guide our...
Jeremy Lawson
abrdn
Asset Allocation

Proceed with caution

The unprecedented pace of the financial market collapse and ensuing recovery has left investors questioning where the intrinsic value of risk assets really lies. While...
Ashwin Alankar
Janus Henderson
Asset Allocation

The five pillars of portfolio strategy

The last couple of months have been extremely volatile to say the least, and this has naturally presented a lot of challenges for investors. Recent years have seen...
Stan Shamu
Stan Shamu
LGT Crestone
Asset Allocation

The Biggest Downside Risk to Markets

Investing across the cycle requires a firm grasp of the fundamentals, and perhaps nothing is more fundamental than the flow of money and credit.Indeed, the current...
Callum Thomas
Topdown Charts
Asset Allocation

Is AUD a Coronavirus safe haven?

It was the absolute whipping boy of the crisis. Now it’s the superstar of the markets rebound. Is the AUD now a safe haven of the Coronavirus crisis? On the agenda, we...
Damien Klassen
Nucleus Wealth
Asset Allocation

Where will you invest in the year ahead?

Dear Investors, First and foremost, we hope that you are healthy and surviving as best possible as we collectively navigate the challenges thrown up by COVID-19. ...
James Marlay
Livewire Markets
Asset Allocation

As earnings season looms, portfolio managers look for long-term opportunity

Earnings season is heating up in earnest, giving investors a clear glimpse into the economic impact of the global lockdowns designed to slow the spread of the...
Kristina Hooper
Kristina Hooper
Invesco
Asset Allocation

Australian Property Catches Coronavirus, with Catherine Cashmore | Nucleus Investment Insights

Australian Property has caught Coronavirus: the strong rebound in Australian property values has come to a shuddering halt with the Coronavirus lockdown. Auction...
Damien Klassen
Nucleus Wealth
Asset Allocation

3 ways to invest in gold

Gold has a long association with finance and investing—from its use as a form of early currency to gold standard-based currencies from the late 1800s. More recently,...
Rob Holder
Rob Holder
LGT Crestone
Asset Allocation

Market timing - Re-examining the pitfalls

This year has proven to be a challenging one for investors as markets have been plagued by extreme volatility in the wake of the spread of COVID-19 and the global...
Rob Holder
Rob Holder
LGT Crestone
Asset Allocation

Stable cashflows? Time to rethink infrastructure and property

One of the key defensive cornerstones of multi-asset and equities portfolios since the end of the GFC has been the use of property and...
Nick Morton
Nick Morton
Resonant Asset Management
Asset Allocation

The Long and Short of investing during the Coronavirus pandemic, with John Deniz | Nucleus Investment Insights

What's our view of Long and Short investing during the Coronavirus Pandemic? In today's webinar Nucleus Wealth's Head of Investments Damien Klassen, Chief Strategist...
Damien Klassen
Nucleus Wealth
Asset Allocation

What does the pandemic mean for long-term investors?

The Covid-19 pandemic has had – and is still having – a terrible human cost. Many are facing fears for their lives and livelihoods, and for those of their families and...
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