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Is a market correction imminent?

Heading into 2020, you could be forgiven for worrying about your investments. A strong 2019 has capped a stellar decade since the financial crisis, especially if your...
Tom Stevenson
Fidelity International
Macro

3 defining forces of markets this year

We recently had three of Australia’s leading fixed income managers visit the Melbourne office, Charlie Jamieson from Jamieson Coote Bonds, Jay Sivapalan at Janus...
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Livewire Markets
Expert Insights

How Australian investors can play RBA quantitative easing

Many Australians are still unfamiliar with the term ‘quantitative easing’ (QE), which many professional investors say is the reason why asset prices and global...
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Livewire Markets
Macro

LIC/LIT Conflict of Interest Debate

Dominick McCormick has a solid piece today defending the LIC/LIT sector from recent criticisms, which is worth reading (as are some outstanding comments from financial...
Christopher Joye
Coolabah Capital
Macro

The single biggest driver of markets in 2020

Warren Buffett describes interest rates as the ‘gravity’ for stock prices, thus when rates are high, stock prices should be lower; and when rates are low, stock...
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Livewire Markets
Macro

Housing up, equities up, rates down – here’s what you had to say about 2020

Depending on who you’re listening to, crowds can be either wise, or completely mad. In reality, both are probably true at various points in time. But whether you’re a...
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Patrick Poke
A Rich Life
Macro

The World Bank warns on soaring global debt levels

The December release of the “Global Waves of Debt: Causes and Consequences” report by the World Bank mostly slipped under the radar as people were focussed on...
Jonathan Rochford
Narrow Road Capital
Macro

Dangerous decade erupts

In my final column of last year, I anticipated the “coming of a dangerous decade”, fraught with geopolitical tensions, among a number of other existential challenges....
Christopher Joye
Coolabah Capital
Macro

7 macro themes for 2020 (and their implications)

As a turbulent year for the global economy, financial markets, and politics recedes in the rearview mirror, we look ahead into 2020, mapping out both the likely path...
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PIMCO
Macro

What could wreck markets in 2020?

In 2007 former hedge fund manager Nassim Nicholas Taleb wrote The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable, and the essence of that book has been inscribed into...
Vishal Teckchandani
Livewire Markets
Macro

Reader’s predictions for 2019: How did you do?

It’s that time of year again, when we look back at the year that was, and plan for the year that lies ahead. As part of our annual reader survey, we ask readers to...
Patrick Poke
A Rich Life
Macro

2020 vision – growth up, returns still good

Christmas 2018 was not a great one for many investors with an almost 20% slump in US shares from their high in September to their low on Christmas Eve, capping off a...
Shane Oliver
AMP
Macro

Domestic cyclicals set to outperform

The year 2019 has been a remarkable one for Australian equities. In fact, it has been the best year for the asset class since 2009, with the S&P ASX 200...
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Randal Jenneke
T. Rowe Price
Macro

Inside the mind of a hedge fund billionaire

Today I write that as much as this columnist might come across to Martin Place’s mandarins as arrogant, supercilious, callous and any other adjectives that describe...
Christopher Joye
Coolabah Capital
Macro

Frydenberg faces up to mis-selling crisis

In a stunning development to start the new year, reporter John Kehoe has unearthed the corporate regulator’s classified advice to Treasurer Joshua Frydenberg imploring...
Christopher Joye
Coolabah Capital
Macro

Hedgie: More sharks on land than in water in these parts

In this column I submit 10 big ideas for the next decade, which is bound to be a dangerous one, including: the coming of self-aware artificial intelligence; fusion...
Christopher Joye
Coolabah Capital
Macro

6 key charts for the year ahead

2019 has had several unexpected twists and turns, not the least of which has been the return of monetary stimulus. This caused bond yields to fall and equities to...
Patrick Poke
A Rich Life
Macro

China’s Stealth War, with General Robert Spalding | Nucleus Investment Insights

If there’s just one of our episodes you view this year, make it this one. Senior Whitehouse & Pentagon advisor and Air Force General Robert Spalding joined us to...
Damien Klassen
Nucleus Wealth
Macro

Festive Mood: BetaShares Weekly Market Review

Global MarketsGlobal stocks remained in a upbeat mood last week, still basking in the after-glow of the US-China trade deal and continued encouraging signs of...
David Bassanese
Betashares
Macro

Why is the market so negative on 2020?

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released its November 2019 labour force numbers, which include employment and unemployment data. The figures were better than...
Chris Rands
Chris Rands
Yarra Capital Management
Macro

We are mid cycle, not late cycle

Do you remember in 2018 when everyone was selling everything, and the so-called smart money was convinced the US and global economies were heading into recession? It...
Christopher Joye
Coolabah Capital
Macro

Is Inflation back from the Dead? With "The Macro Tourist" | Nucleus Investment Insights

A key focus area for Nucleus currently is the lack of inflation and stagnant growth we’re seeing worldwide. With that in mind, we brought on ex-fund manager and avid...
Damien Klassen
Nucleus Wealth
Expert Insights

China’s stock market is like a casino, and that’s why you should invest

You would usually think that long-term share investing and playing roulette are at the complete opposite ends of the spectrum as far as making money goes. Yet these...
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Macro

Tail risk hedging your portfolio using currency

In a recent paper co-authored by staff from the Bank of England and the European Central Bank (ECB) on currency tail risk highlights how Australian investors can find...
Charlie Jamieson
Jamieson Coote Bonds
Macro

The market is partying like it is 1999!

Currently we are seeing a repeat of the late 1990s, with the US equity market powering on, while profits, as measured by the National Income and Product Accounts...
Simon Stevenson
Simon Stevenson
Schroders
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