A resumption of US-China trade tensions saw global equities pull back in May, with the MSCI All-Country World Index declining by 5.7% in local currency terms. As seen in the chart below, this continues the broadly choppy performance of equity markets since early 2018, reflecting the interaction of slowing global... Show More
Institutional asset managers and retail financial planners have been providing information on their investment allocations for years. As far as we are aware there is nothing available in the stockbroker advised space to understand how broker equivalent portfolios are positioned and how they are being implemented. We can make assumptions,... Show More
At a tech conference recently, we heard from technologists and CEO’s of emerging ASX-listed companies on the edge of developing trends. Hearing them present on the changing landscape is fascinating but also has a way of making one feel uneasy with how new trends could affect investment markets. Two of... Show More
For the last few weeks we have been calling the recent market strength as nothing but a short term counter trend rally, forecasting a bearish longer-term road ahead. A great indicator that a short term high is approaching is the recent moves on the CBOE Equity Put/Call ratio. As shown... Show More
Australian investors would be well served investing portions of their equity investment portfolio into global equities to take advantage of the fall in the Australian dollar, low iron ore and oil prices and falling interest rates. With these trends in mind, these are some of the domestic and global opportunities... Show More
Bloomberg reports “It has been a busy period in markets across the globe, with trends (and trades) breaking down everywhere.” 1) the USD is weakening. 2) Euro sovereign debt is plunging, causing yields to rise. 3) “Asian stocks, which have been in a bull market for years, have been feeling... Show More
