global equities

ERP Valuation Indicator: This is an important chart for global equities. Despite some reduction in valuations (e.g. PE Ratios have fallen), the issue is that bond...

Rising inflation, higher interest rates and slowing economic growth all pose separate threats to the attractive dividends currently being paid by Australian...

We conduct over 200 hours of research on every company we invest in. The focus of this research is on the true drivers of a company's earnings and its share price....

The first half of 2022 has been extremely busy for Alphinity’s five global portfolio managers. Collectively, they have gone on 9 overseas investment trips,...

Population growth trends: Demographics has been a hot topic lately, with apparently opposing forces arguing on the one hand for higher population growth to avoid...

Despite all the doom and gloom that we have been reading about markets, it's surprisingly been a pretty good month for investors - other than those invested in...

If you are like me, you're probably sick of reading about rising interest rates, inflation and the dreaded R word - recession. We get it. It's not the easiest time...

Buy the dip may have become a new catch-cry for many investors but for global equity manager Walter Scott, brought to you by Macquarie Professional Series, enthusiasm...

It is, without question, the geopolitical quandary of our time. The US has led the global hegemony for more than two centuries. However, China's economy has grown at...

Ok, I get it. That is not the most positive headline. And although I am a glass-half-full gal, Chad Padowitz, the co-chief investment officer at Talaria Asset...

When investors write the history books, chances are the 2022 chapter will read something along the lines of "making money was rough and tough." The S&P 500 has had...

Tech stocks have borne the brunt of the recent sell off in equity markets. And while the Nasdaq is firmly in bear market territory, unprofitable tech stocks have been...

Each week, the American Association of Individual Investors (AAII) asks its members a simple question: Do they feel the direction of the stock market over the next...

Markets have been rough so far this year. The Dow Jones is on its worst losing streak since the Great Depression. Brent crude oil has been swimming above US$100/barrel...

Bubble-Bursting Bear-Market: The major drivers of strength in global equities since the market bottom in 2009 (and ensuing decade-long bull market) namely:...

Earnings come in cycles but rarely do those numbers come into the post-maturity stage of a business cycle like the one we are witnessing right now. As 2021 turned to...

For decades Nike has been a dominant force in sportswear. The global sportswear market is worth over US$350 billion in sales with the US market representing just...

In case you missed it, Livewire's Ally Selby was joined by Nanuk's Peter Wilmshurst and Pella's Steven Glass for their thoughts on three companies daring to disrupt...

The last 10 years have been a relatively rosy environment for equity markets around the globe. Post GFC in 2008, a brief hiccup with the US Debt Ceiling issues, and...

There's been enough volatility in the first few months of 2022 for investors to chuck a hissy fit. And while Firetrail's Anthony Doyle believes that its best investors...