Australian markets

As if it was not hard enough for income-seeking investors, global interest rates were plumbing all-time lows at the start of 2020, even before the pandemic hit....

Outperforming a rising market is no mean feat. It has no costs, reinvests all dividends the moment they’re paid, and is 100% invested at all times. According to Marcus...

Are you concerned about the increasing number of zombie companies and a looming tech bubble? Well, perhaps the situation is not as worrying as it seems. With...

As the world grapples with COVID-19 and the worst economic downtown since the Great Depression, global stock markets surpass all-time highs. These conflicting...

Government support programs have helped to soften – and postpone – the financial blows from the disruptions caused by COVID-19. In so doing, they’ve also bolstered...

The 2020 Financial Year certainly threw up some challenges. To think the biggest global issues investors were contemplating only 12 months ago included the UK’s...

If the recent market rally has taken you by surprise, you’re not alone. Since hitting a low around 23 March, the S&P/ASX200 Index has rebounded almost 20 per cent,...

The relentless growth the Australian ETF industry has experienced shows no sign of abating, with the industry starting the new year with a bang! After closing 2019...

Back in November 1990, with the Australian economy deep in the doldrums, Treasurer Paul Keating uttered his now famous remark that this was “a recession that Australia...

Regarding the share market, I am firmly in the bear camp. I cannot see shares making a new high any time soon; we could however very well see the market test new lows...