interest rates

Earlier this week I published a wire in which one of Australia’s most experienced investors, Robert Millner, Chairman of Washington H Soul Pattinson, raised an...

On 3 March 2020, the RBA cut rates by 25 basis points to 0.50% in response to the coronavirus. But have they cut too early? And what happens if markets are hit with...

Investors considering their US allocation in 2020 may feel nervous about the macroeconomic and political crosswinds blowing across the investment landscape.Here we...

What do you get when you throw a 32-year-fixed-income veteran into the room with a 32-year-old fixed income millennial? The Rate Debate. Darren Langer and Chris Rands...

Australians are increasingly buying their first home at an older age. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, between 1981 and 2018 the average age of a...

How should investors be allocating in the current environment? What are the keys to building a diversified portfolio that delivers attractive returns, but remains...

At the start of each calendar year, we like to take the time to identify what themes & opportunities (T&Os) have the potential to contribute to performance for the...

When I look back on 2019, I think the big lesson we learned and the big lesson all equity investors should learn is that interest rates really, really matter. 2019 was...

Has it really been 20 years since Y2K fears gripped global markets? To combat the turn of the century and fears around potential technology issues (as computers...

Warren Buffett describes interest rates as the ‘gravity’ for stock prices, thus when rates are high, stock prices should be lower; and when rates are low, stock...

One thing that investors cannot ignore in 2020 is the risk of recession and a potential fall in interest rates. We consider that interest rates are a sound proxy for...

Today I write that while there are reasons to be optimistic about the next 12 months, being psychologically fractured in your thinking is no less important. More...

Adaptation is necessary when an environment becomes less favourable. So, as the global outlook assumes a gloomier cast, we believe investors should look beyond the...

It is said that equity bull markets “climb the Wall of Worry”.. The third quarter of 2019 is an excellent example of exactly that. As the wisdom also goes, “there are...

Approximately 30% of all bonds traded globally, have negative yields. Buy a bond with a negative yield, hold it to maturity, and you will lose money. It is one of...

There have been four events in the past few weeks that are cause for concern: Quant Quake 2.0: Over the first ten days of September, Momentum stocks traded down...

There's a famous saying that predictions are hard to make, especially about the future. For the closing session of Livewire Live 2019, we asked seven presenting fund...

Following on from the article we wrote in December 2018, 'Outlook 2019' (found here), we outlined four key themes for 2019. The US interest rate path, implications of...

The plunge in both short-term and long-term interest rates has sparked a debate about how other asset classes respond, including equities. In the wire below, I outline...

The Australian fixed income market has enjoyed strong gains over the last twelve months with the benchmark 10year government bond rallying 11.50% YTD and 19.85% over...