s&p 500

Corporate capex growth crashed in 2020 for understandable reasons.Commodity capex in particular contracted at a record pace and now its weighting of total S&P500 capex...

The local market had a volatile day that finished slightly positive. We have finished the ninth consecutive week without a single day’s turnover above $9 billion....

Whether you think there is a bubble, or the current valuations are justified doesn’t matter. It’s a fact that valuations are higher than they have ever been for many...

Most of the time, financial markets ebb and flow like the tide. All boats are lifted or fall together. But sometimes, different assets part company, responding to the...

Options markets are exhibiting two unusual dynamics at the moment that can provide some insight on investor positioning and sentiment. For contrarians, the signals...

Do today’s minuscule rates of interest justify stock markets’ sky-high valuations? Bulls often imply – and sometimes boldly assert – that they do, and mainstream...

It was the 1970s - ‘72 to be exact, and apart from Gough Whitlam coming to power in Australia, Watergate in the US, and bellbottoms everywhere, it was the height of...

The USD gold price hit record highs in July, trading above USD 1,960 per troy ounce. Silver also rallied strongly, up by more than 30% for the month. Declining real...

Global equities eked out further gains last week, largely reflecting more vaccine hopes, good JP Morgan earnings and general relief that more widespread lockdowns were...

In this article I am going to discuss the composition of the S&P/NZX 50 index, which is considered New Zealand’s principle gauge of how the New Zealand share market is...