covid-19

The flow-on effects from the coronavirus changes are impacting a lot of industries. Perhaps the funeral services sector might not be impacted in the way an investor...

An Open Letter from Concerned Australians on Trade-offs During the COVID-19 Crisis The views expressed are those of the signatories and not necessarily those of...

While fully aware that very few commentators offering their opinion on the health and financial implications of COVID-19 are actually epidemiologists, GP’s and/or...

In what Hamish calls a classic Black Swan event, he and David discuss the recent impact of the COVID-19 pandemic across global financial markets. Initially presenting...

Toilet Paper – check; Food – check; Gold – check; Defence(s) – check. We have written extensively on gold and food so here-in we detail some of the work we have...

Economists have been asking for an equivalent of the US monthly payrolls series in Australia for decades. Sure, the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ (ABS) monthly jobs...

It may not be surprising that market volatility has soared since the COVID-19 pandemic hit, but could this also be, to misquote the famous line, the correction ‘we had...

The intensity of news flow recently has made events that happened only days ago feel like they took place in the distant past, and recent history – months or...

Although the second quarter of 2020 will mark the worst quarter for United States and global growth since World War II, market uncertainty and peak fear have passed...

Australia's exceptional efforts in flattening the COVID-19 curve quickly and crushing viral transmissions means that we may be a victim of our own success. The...

With the Australian share market rallying strongly in April off the 25 March low, there has been a spate of capital raisings by cash-strapped companies looking to...

In an yet-to-be-published interview with an overseas media outlet, one of my data scientists touches on the shortcomings associated with the theoretical approaches...

(Ed's update: China's official GDP figures were unveiled after this article was published. Its economy contracted 6.8% in Q1, the worst performance since 1992). Gross...

Following its one-month 36 per cent decline from peak (20 February 2020) to its low (23 March 2020), the ASX200 has bounced 20 per cent. That’s a return most investors...

The vibe is changing. It’s been a great rally but I can see (on the charts) and hear (in the headlines) the herd stopping to think about what’s next and it’s...

Within a few weeks, our understanding of COVID-19’s spread seemed to progress from significant but largely contained to full-scale pandemic. Restrictions on work...

A sense of optimism is re-surging around the globe, as we see a glimpse of the COVID-19 ‘curve flattening’. The rate of increased cases of infection in the US and in...

Whether you think the pandemic was a black swan, a white swan or a pink one, the fact is that no one started 2020 with their portfolios positioned for a bowl of bat...

The current COVID-19 crisis and its consequential economic and market impact represent the first serious challenge to the new generation of investors in retirement who...

The best way I can think to describe what happened on Friday was that this was US Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell's "Dirty Harry moment". Whatever guns the hedge...