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Eurozone PMIs fall to record lows

“I try to learn from the past, but I plan for the future by focusing exclusively on the present. That's where the fun is.” Donald TrumpYesterday evening saw the...
Scott Haslem
LGT Crestone
Macro

Updated COVID-19 Deaths/Forecasts

Enclosed for your benefit are screen-shots from our proprietary COVID-19 tracking and forecasting systems, which are updated live every 15 minutes. To understand the...
Christopher Joye
Coolabah Capital
Macro

What could a recovery look like?

What does the world look like in 2022? It’s a guidepost that’s driving Capital Group Vice Chairman Rob Lovelace as markets remain volatile and the world copes with...
Matt Reynolds
Matt Reynolds
Capital Group
Macro

How fast is China getting back to work?

Markets have become considerably more volatile after a surprise ‘price war’ erupted in the oil market. This occurred after Russia refused Saudi...
Rishi Patel
Rishi Patel
BMO
Macro

What is the outlook for the AUD?

Equity markets continued to correct overnight across Europe and the US. The plethora of governmental actions continue to grow around the world, with the US Federal...
Scott Haslem
LGT Crestone
Macro

Peak Virus: Forecasting the Peak in COVID-19 Infections in the US and Australia

As we move through “peak virus”, our team has spent time reflecting on significant trigger points that might precipitate fundamental changes in future market...
Christopher Joye
Coolabah Capital
Macro

How should you think about cash?

One of the biggest questions facing equity investors today is when and how to deploy surplus cash that they may have available. This is a question we have studied...
Tim Kelley
Montgomery Investment Management
Macro

Welcome to The Great Depression 2.0

In his masterpiece, The World in Depression, Charles A. Kindleberger concludes the major cause of the Great Depression was a paralysis of leadership caused by the...
David Llewellyn-Smith
David Llewellyn-Smith
Nucleus Wealth
Macro

COVID-19’s spread continues to accelerate

“There are decades where nothing happens, and there are weeks where decades happen.” — Vladimir LeninAs highlighted on Friday, governments have stepped up around the...
Scott Haslem
LGT Crestone
Macro

Recovery delayed, risks rising

Coronavirus is tightening its grip in the US and Eurozone, where it’s expected to cause significant economic disruption. This has repercussions for Asia Pacific...
abrdn .
abrdn
Macro

Central Banks Spawned This Crisis

The rapid and widespread sell-off over the last four weeks is a textbook systemic deleveraging. Whilst the culprits are many; hedge funds, risk parity strategies and...
Jonathan Rochford
Narrow Road Capital
Rapid Fire

8 more icebergs right up ahead

In October last year, Jerome Lander wrote a wire titled "How to invest productively in the coming recession we have to have". At the time, equity markets were...
Alex Cowie
Alex Cowie
Macro

What CEOs are saying about the COVID crisis

As part of the NAOS investment process, we pay particular attention to the comments made by company CEOs and business leaders in order to gain a greater understanding...
NAOS Asset Management
NAOS Asset Management
NAOS
Macro

Aussie dollar's wildest week since GFC

A week is a long time in politics and certainly in FX markets. Last week the US Dollar Index was close to 18 month lows, undermined by the rapid spread of Covid-19 in...
Sean Callow
Sean Callow
Westpac Bank
Macro

Markets learn hard way: don’t fight the RBA

In the AFR today I write that this was the official family’s finest hour—Australia’s own “Draghi moment”—where historic tensions between Scott Morrison’s government,...
Christopher Joye
Coolabah Capital
Macro

Act in Haste, Repent at Leisure

From complacency to fear to excitement. Such is the journey of an investor. Right now investors with capital to deploy should not be afraid but excited – and of...
Romano Sala Tenna
Katana Asset Management
Macro

Defence, defence, defence

Last week, Wilson Asset Management hosted their 2020 investor conference call. Chairman and CIO, Geoff Wilson used the opportunity to talk about market volatility, and...
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Bella Kidman
Bella Kidman
Livewire Markets
Macro

Crestone’s chart of the day

“If you don’t have a god to believe in, I would get one very rapidly”Australian comedian and TV presenter Kate Langbroek explained last night on Channel 10’s The...
Scott Haslem
LGT Crestone
Macro

Tracking the Coronavirus (COVID–19)

Following on from our “Tracking the Coronavirus (COVID-19)” article last week, we thought we would provide an update to this fluid situation.Munro Partners has been...
Nick Griffin
Munro Partners
Macro

RBA and Treasury Roll-Out QE Bazookas!

As I foreshadowed in my last Financial Review column, the RBA has delivered precisely the optimal policy package for combatting the worst demand-side crisis since the...
Christopher Joye
Coolabah Capital
Macro

Four criteria we are considering before buying shares in this market

With the Australian market in freefall, readers and clients alike have asked us where we are looking to invest. While we continue to monitor the fluid situation...
Joseph Kim
Macro

Going on the defensive stance

COVID-19 is a fast-moving and fluid situation. The most likely outcome of the efforts to contain this health emergency is a near total shutdown of the world’s economy...
Magellan Investment Partners
Magellan
Macro

What are Australia's near-term growth prospects?

The most recent Crestone Investment Forum was held on 26 February, yet much has transpired globally and in Australia since that time. Most pressingly,...
LGT Crestone
LGT Crestone
Macro

Will China lead the recovery?

Companies in China appear best placed to emerge soonest and with least damage from the global coronavirus pandemic, according to a survey of Fidelity’s equity and...
Fidelity International
Fidelity International
Macro

Liquidity might not work this time – Part 2

A few weeks ago in part one of this series, we suggested that this was a unique supply side event where Central Bank liquidity couldn’t redress the major issues of a...
Charlie Jamieson
Jamieson Coote Bonds
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