inflation

A colleague and I just returned from a busy trip visiting 16 public companies in the US, taking us everywhere from New York City to Winona, Minnesota (population:...

I would have thought the economics field (which was so confident in secular stagnation) would be more vocal about the eventual return to 2% for US 10s, from rates...

Inflation Headwinds Equity Markets Equity investors are acutely watching developments in inflation expectations and for good reason. Figure 1 outlines the reason...

In his 8-minute speech at the recent Jackson Hole symposium, US Federal Reserve Chair, Jerome Powell, fundamentally shifted the market outlook. Powell strongly...

In this episode of Stocks Neat, I am joined by Alex Shevelev, Senior Analyst on the Forager Australian Shares Fund, to discuss the potential decline of consumer...

What is the Inflation Reduction Act? On 16 August 2022, President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) into law having passed through Congress based on the...

The latest in Europe’s long list of issues Eurozone inflation is continuing to soar to record highs, with Eurostat (the EU’s statistics body) recently announcing...

A confusing macroeconomic backdrop It’s been a volatile year. High inflation, along with actual and expected high interest rates, have roiled markets across...

In light of the United States’ (US’) August Consumer Price Index (CPI) report, I provide this latest report as an update to some of the key points that I previously...

One of the major benefits of analysing commodity markets is that we can look at the current price, inventory levels, and future prices, to better understand how...

The BBC’s trilogy ‘Big Oil vs The World’ is a depressing playlist of missed opportunities for climate action since the 1970s. Its episodes entitled ‘Denial’, ‘Doubt’...

Pricing Pressures Peaked (Piqued?): The global PMI pricing pressure indicator peaked earlier this year, and if past correlations hold we should expect further...

With the US’ M2 growth decelerating sharply, as opposed to inflation, a significant recession should now be the major concern Alongside the US delivering its second...

“There’s a tendency for markets to focus on the present and extrapolate it forever”, said Olivier Blanchard, a well-respected economist formally of the IMF. We could...

In this month’s CIO monthly, we take a look at the outlook for Australia’s residential sector. Housing momentum has turned quickly in the wake of the first interest...

Amidst talk of higher inflation and recession reverberating around the globe, both equity and bond markets have experienced high volatility over the first half of...

Jerome Powell chairs the Board of Governors of the U.S. Federal Reserve. His speech at the Fed’s Jackson Hole Symposium disappointed and even shocked many people. It’s...

Riding the wave There is a lot of noise in the market now, with inflation numbers coming in at around 6% in Australia and closer to 8% in the USA. Although interest...

I read an article recently, in which a journalist was reporting on a piece of simple financial advice from American billionaire Mark Cuban. When asked what one should...

With many economic indicators pointing to a slowdown most investors have been keenly watching emerging earning trends for signs of an earnings slow down or...