inflation

August was a horrible month for anyone carrying interest rate duration risk with the benchmark AusBond Composite Bond Index suffering a decent -0.42% loss in the month...

While the conduct of monetary policy in China is converging on what are established norms in advanced countries, in many ways it is still quite different. It is these...

Presenting recently on the state of the market and its behaviour, I was asked about some of the most risky elements currently at play. I’ve written previously about...

In this weeks investment webinar Nucleus Wealth's Head of Investments Damien Klassen, Head of Financial Advice Tim Fuller and Jeff Booth discuss Jeff's #1 best seller...

GFC vs GVC There are no doubt similarities between the shock of the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) and the current Global Viral Crisis (GVC), however the differences...

2020 has not been an easy year to manage so far, with COVID accelerating our longer term thinking − that many economies would have little choice but to continue to cut...

With the ever-evolving post-COVID landscape, some investors see risk and others are seeing opportunity. Whenever there is a pivotal shift in market conditions, there...

Gold prices have continued their bull market run in Q2 2020, with the yellow metal trading above USD 1,700 per troy ounce. This reflects a sustained upward trajectory...

There has been much debate about the short-term economic and investment impact of coronavirus – on economic activity, unemployment, interest rates, house prices,...

So much of asset pricing hinges on selecting an appropriate discount rate, which is how we transform future cash flows into a value today. In fixed income we have the...