volatility

Defining moments in stock market history include the 1987 Black Monday crash, 2000 Dot-com bust and 2008 Global Financial Crisis. These moments mark when euphoric bull...

The Weekly S&P500 ChartStorm is a selection of 10 charts that I handpicked from around the web and post on Twitter. The purpose of this post is to add extra colour...

Investors are well aware that equity markets have commenced 2022 with severe volatility and big price declines. Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine and economic...

Investors have been promised an elixir of big returns and low volatility. But the truth is, to achieve outstanding long-term returns, you must be prepared to endure...

The recent deluge of rain on the East coast of Australia had devastating impacts. While the extent of the damage was unpredictably extreme, meteorologists knew...

The Weekly S&P500 ChartStorm is a selection of 10 charts which I hand pick from around the web and post on Twitter. The purpose of this post is to add extra color and...

The choppy nature of the current market continued today with the ASX bouncing back from yesterday’s decline with all sectors finishing higher. After stabilising...

The intensification of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine – along with Putin’s nuclear talk – saw world oil prices surge 26% last week to US$115 a barrel, which in turn saw...

In late January, we recommended trimming equity risk and adopted overweight position in cash. The risks flagged have intensified in February. Inflation has been...

The moving average is one of the most popular technical indicators available to market participants. It is calculated by averaging share prices over a specific period....

It’s human nature that we tend to favour certainty in the stock market. But times of heightened uncertainty can lead to great opportunities for investors who position...

It was 18th-century British banker and politician Baron Rothschild who famously said investors should "buy when there’s blood in the streets, even if the blood is your...

Are sector rotation opportunities still alive in 2022? Bruce Williams from Elston and Simon Conn from IML seem to think so. In this Thematic discussion, they share a...

On 24 January, we recommended trimming some equity risk in portfolios. While we believe the economic outlook remains very positive, events over our summer, including...

2022 has started off with a bang, and not in the way investors would have hoped. The S&P/ASX 200 has fallen around 7% since the beginning of the year, while the Small...

There's a world of investments outside the traditional categories of equities, bonds and property, says Lucerne Investment Partners' Michael Houghton. An example of a...

“Inflation is not a problem.” That seems to be what the bond market is saying, an important bellwether as bonds are particularly ill-disposed towards bouts of...

MLC Asset Management's Jonathan Armitage has navigated a crisis or two during his working life and argues that this time, it is different. At the dawn of his career,...

Well, I think we can all agree it's been a strange week. Masks are once again mandatory in New South Wales, borders are shuttered, and travel plans, devastatingly,...

Shut up and take my money. What? Well, it's likely the first thing I would have said to you if you had told me that I could invest in an asset that could generate...