market conditions

A number of commentators are calling the current rebound in global markets a ‘dead cat bounce’. Veteran fund manager, and famous ‘perma-bear’, Jeremy Grantham, has...

As you’ve no doubt noticed, the world’s market commentators, brokers, and analysts have turned decidedly bearish. And they have good reason to be pessimistic. But this...

As we shift towards a new market regime, Roger Montgomery, of Montgomery Investment Management, believes investors should seek out high-quality growth stocks. In this...

A year ago, I wrote an article in The Australian that set out the factors I thought would make it a very good year for equities. So far, the local market has behaved...

Over the past 12 months, the All Ordinaries index and the S&P 500 have risen around 26 and 35 per cent, respectively. Not bad when you consider the economic ravages...

Over the last few months, increased risk-taking by investors has led to ballooning prices for loss-making businesses, IPOs in unprofitable firms, and speculative...

Are share markets cheap or expensive right now? Well, it depends who you ask. And there are plenty of people happy to offer their opinion. But at the risk of adding to...

Back in November 1990, with the Australian economy deep in the doldrums, Treasurer Paul Keating uttered his now famous remark that this was “a recession that Australia...