global equities

The last month marked the anniversary of the rapid global spread of COVID-19. It was a time of massive panic, underscored by unknown health risks, school and office...

Tailwinds for investors can take many forms, and they are worth seeking out. For example, falling bond yields have been an enduring tailwind for long-duration assets,...

As the auto industry embarks on the biggest transition in its history, a global race to dominate electric vehicles is underway. There’s a high-flying first mover with...

Global small caps have had a bonza 12 months, having well and truly recovered from their COVID-lows. And while big tech and speculative investment vehicles like SPACs...

The purpose of this blog post is to provide a progress check and update on that controversial (at the time) "Global Equities: A Generational Buying Opportunity...

Companies that are profit-driven to the detriment of environmental, social and governmental (ESG) issues become certain targets of regulator action and expose...

High stock prices aren’t necessarily expensive, embrace a buy-and-hold mentality, and don’t spread your net too wide: these are core principles for Hyperion’s CIO and...

It’s been an eventful start to the year so far in global financial markets - so much for waving goodbye to 2020. The vaccine rollout is progressing nicely in many...

Management team changes can be typically disruptive for companies, often because it may further compound the already challenging position that led to the original need...

It was the father of Value investing Benjamin Graham who first recognised the benefits of investing in quality companies. Graham found that investors suffered the...

Hamish Douglass remains largely optimistic about the vaccine-led recovery for financial markets around the world, but he’s not betting the house on it. The Magellan...

Unlike those who champion the merits of a diversified portfolio, Claremont Global's head of international equities, Bob Desmond, has an entirely different philosophy. ...

In his 1841 book, Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, Scottish journalist Charles Mackay observed that “Whole communities suddenly fix their...

When it comes to the crème de la crème of the investment world, very few companies compete with the likes of Tesla, Tencent and Microsoft. Those who invested in these...

When most investors think about investing in technology leaders, it's the FAANG's, Tesla and other disruptors currently exciting the market. But there's a lesser-known...

2020 was a record year for retail bankruptcies. It's a brutal industry – burdened by high fixed costs, at the mercy of changing consumer preferences, and facing...

The market environment presents investors with a challenging juncture. In the short term, a combination of healthy consumer balance sheets, low inflation, low interest...

Australia’s equity market performance versus global markets has waxed and waned over recent decades. A key driver of relative performance has been relative global...

Bank of America's Global Fund Manager Survey (FMS) surveyed 225 investors, collectively holding $645 billion in assets under management, to determine the outlook for...

PayPal laid bare its strategy last week at their investor day and it’s clear that consumer banking is squarely in its cross hairs. It has been a long journey for...