inflation

Long-term readers of Livewire will be familiar with the views of strategist Chris Watling, the founder and chief economist of London-based Longview Economics....

The mother of all “unknown unknowns” (to borrow some tortured phrasing from former US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, who passed away on Friday) hit the world a...

MLC Asset Management's Jonathan Armitage has navigated a crisis or two during his working life and argues that this time, it is different. At the dawn of his career,...

With EOFY comes sales, parties and, of course, tax returns. It also presents an opportunity to reflect on the year to date and reassess the composition of your...

Equity markets are currently at all-time highs. This has generated returns that, we believe, are unlikely to continue, so we need to think about where returns are...

Recently, there’s been a lot of discussion about whether the significant government stimulus, combined with record low interest rates and unconventional monetary...

The biggest question for markets globally is how high will inflation reach and for how long. To understand why it’s such an important question, you need to appreciate...

COVID-19 is the destructive force that’s shaken the tectonic plates of financial markets and sparked a rethink of how portfolios and risks need to be managed in the...

The US just printed 5% inflation. Any number of pundits are suggesting investments from commodities to value stocks to protect your investment portfolio from rising...

Google searches for the term “inflation” doubled in May from the 2020 average, hitting the highest level since 2009. More curiously – but obviously linked – searches...