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In the AFR this weekend, I write that many investors who exited assets in March, or who felt they profited from the catastrophic price falls in the first few weeks of...

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...

Risk assets, in particular the equity market, even after last night, are still pricing in a decidedly V-shaped recovery from the COVID-19 lockdown and subsequent...

The recent market volatility has seen significant growth in ETF trading volumes, as investors have flocked to ETFs due to their liquidity, transparency and the ease of...

Equity markets were sharply weaker overnight, with a 5-6% drop in the US marking the first three-day decline since March. European markets were also 3-5% weaker....

In the midst of a sell-off, it takes a serious amount of intestinal fortitude to bite the bullet and open a new position. But for those who do, the rewards can be...

After a roughly 35% plunge from their February high point to their lows around 23 March on fears regarding of global recession on the back of the...

We've always argued that while sporadic outbreaks are likely, bona fide "second waves" in regions that have embraced a proper containment strategy are very unlikely....

Bond markets aren't buying into the optimism seen in equity markets in any way, shape or form. So while the S&P500 index gained 4.5% in May, bonds didn't move much at...

The hunt for the next big NSW porphyry is hotting up, with the highly regarded team leading the RareX-Kincora campaign saying it’s the “hottest porphyry prospect”...

While oil has had nine major downturns in the past 35 years, the latest has been nothing short of spectacular. COVID-19 and the ensuing lockdown measures to control it...

In January 2020, we published an article titled “2020 Investment Themes & Opportunities”. The fifth theme we identified in this article was “Battery metal turnaround”...

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...

Good news is good news. Bad news is good news. And no news is good news also! Global equities pushed higher last week as positive ‘re-opening’ data, no second waves,...

The government-imposed COVID-19 lockdown accelerated a number of social trends. One of those was our increasing preference for online shopping. Recent data shows that...

While the ASX200 has bounced by more than 33% from its March lows, the small caps index has now bounced by over 50%. A few weeks ago, I flagged that the ten most...

Looking forward, Covid-19 has created earnings uncertainty for certain sectors such as those exposed to discretionary retail whilst creating opportunities through an...

When I asked friends and colleagues around the industry how their portfolio performed during March, the most common reaction was “I’m too scared to look”. And when...

Over the past five years, the price of gold in Australian Dollars is up 58%; an impressive feat for an asset that produces no cashflows and has no credit risk....

Government bonds issued by the world’s major advanced nations are the safest asset that can be held in a portfolio. They have also provided respectable returns, and...