currency

As we were coming into 2021, I hadn’t planned on making Bitcoin, and the world of cryptocurrencies it inhabits, the subject of one of my commentaries. However, it’s...

Portfolios combining bonds and equities thrived in the 2000s and 2010s, as the structural decline in interest rates propelled bond and equity markets higher. With the...

With interest rates heading to zero, keeping your money in the bank has become a poor way to increase – or even preserve – your wealth. A better strategy, I believe,...

One of the more noteworthy developments in financial markets over the past few months has been the precipitous slide of the US dollar. As measured by a basket of major...

Diversification has famously been described as the “only free lunch in finance”1 for its potential to reduce risk without sacrificing returns. It seems that this free...

Local market fell from the start with global investors boosting it in the middle before another slide back lower. Japanese market rolled over form slight positive to...

Local market started positive on global investor buying for the currency trade before profit taking faded the positive performance through the day. EU markets were...

Local market started negative on global investor selling on currency trade before returning to buy some back in the back half of the day as AUDUSD recovered to finish...

The local market opened solidly higher on global investors buying for currency trade then profit taking cycle dragged the market lower through the day till a mini...

Unlike investing in local shares and property, investors considering exposure to international shares and commodities face the decision of whether to hedge the...