interest rates

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...

Are equities currently expensive and is now a good time to invest? We have been asked this question often by investors who are searching for a return above cash,...

Opinion has been extremely divided about the recent Fed rate cut. Some say it was necessary and prudent, others say it wasn't needed, and there are even those who say...

Global debt today is as high as it ever has been. Driven by loose monetary and fiscal policies, leverage is enormous and market dislocations numerous. We are in...

There’s an increasing frequency of articles I have read suggesting that low rates are now a permanent feature of markets, as is the likelihood of central banks...

One of the key principles of investing - diversification - works because different assets do well in different circumstances. Broadly speaking, shares go up when the...