inflation

Over the last decade, lower interest rates have failed spectacularly in moving inflation. This brings into question the same approach for the years ahead, where...

The last time Australia’s official cash rate had a five in front of it, the world was going through the biggest financial crisis since the Great Depression. Within the...

After two years of largely uninterrupted asset price gains, January provided a rude awakening for many investors. And it wasn’t just profitless tech stocks that took a...

I’ve spent the last few days talking to most of the folks I know in the market, collecting opinions, information and discussing what other investors are thinking on...

After a strong 2021 markets have been hit by a significant bout of risk aversion in January. Concern around the path of global inflation and interest rates has been...

Despite COVID's continued grip on our lives and, of course, mounting fears of inflation, Munro Partners, Tribeca Investment Partners and Redpoint Investment Management...

Equities may just lose their shine in the second half of 2022, pens Crestone's Scott Haslem, who in this wire shares the key tactical asset allocation changes the...

Don’t feel guilty about having a holiday. We genuinely hope you had an absolute cracker. But I hope it’s not immodest to point out that while you were kicking back,...

Investors are keenly focused on how policymakers will react to current levels of inflation. Will it subside without robust intervention (as supply chains overcome...

The RBA should continue to wind back the policy stimulus delivered during the pandemic when it meets next month. The RBA will stop buying government bonds and there is...

2022 looks like it could be a challenging year for equity investors. The after-effects of the pandemic driven monetary support which overwhelmed financial markets in...

Capital Group’s 2022 outlook cuts across global stocks and bonds in the US, China and Europe. It also explores dominant macro themes of interest rates and inflation,...

2021 is likely to be a year many bond investors would choose to forget. The benchmark Bloomberg Global Aggregate Index declined around 4.7% for the year, its weakest...

The lowest unemployment rate in years raises the risk that the RBA not only stops buying bonds next month (which is now widely expected by market participants) but...

Investors can expect a bumpy ride from the share market this year, but it should do well overall, says Airlie Australian Share Fund co-portfolio manager Matt Williams....

In case you didn't have time to read KKR's latest 60-page report, Livewire has summarised some of the key points for you. It highlights everything from the asset...

Expectations for performance in 2022 are difficult to pin down. Market volatility continues due to uncertainty from COVID variants as well as high valuations in...

I have some pretty clear ideas about which trends are sustainable and which ones aren't in the long term. However, the short term is far less clear. A combination of...

In the AFR I write that you should buckle-up and prepare for a wild ride in 2022. Investors will have to resolve the cognitive dissonance of buying equities at record...

2021 was a tough year for many. But for those with a well-diversified portfolio, there was the silver lining of solid returns. The ever-popular Shane Oliver kicks off...