Macro

In 2016 the local index was held ransom by a run of unpredictable political and macro economic events. The ASX200 climbed an unremarkable (but tidy) 7%, which belies...

Everyone forecast the death of the Aussie dollar in 2016, however, interest rate differentials and resurgent commodity prices pushed the local currency to a peak of 78...

Equity markets always foolishly bake in something that is definitely going to happen in the future. So what is the market baking in for 2017 and what will they get...

Three times in the past 12 months financial markets have been in a tizz. We went close to a bear market in August 2015, officially entered one in February of this year...

In our January outlook note for 2016, we outlined several significant issues facing investors. The strong US dollar and tepid growth pressuring US corporate earnings...

Since the beginning of 2016, we have observed several key positive industry catalysts. Firstly, Tesla’s March 2016 Model 3 launch, boasting 325,000 orders and equating...

Falling growth and inflation expectations along with diverging central bank policies have been a significant driver of the volatility across bond/commodity/currency...

OPEC initiates a price war; implications. OPEC has historically supported oil markets by curtailing production in periods of oil price weakness. Their systematic...