volatility

It was English writer Rudyard Kipling who famously wrote in his poem "If" of the value of "keeping your head when all about you are losing theirs". In a similar vein,...

The long, long bull market since 2009 has finally matured into a fully-fledged epic bubble. Featuring extreme overvaluation, explosive price increases, frenzied...

It is something we’ve all been told before. Successful long-term investors survive short-term volatility by sticking to investment principles that have withstood the...

“Risk-adjusted returns”. That’s one of the more common phrases you will see on fund manager websites. It is, after all, what we are all trying to do: maximise returns...

2020 has seen volatile markets globally. However as we head in to 2021, investors are beginning to think of how to position their portfolios for the post-COVID...

Last week we predicted that the sharp share market correction over the final days of October would be reversed (an index recovery) following the US election – no...

America votes for a new President next Tuesday. If, however, you are expecting to wake up on Wednesday morning knowing who will be in the White House for the next four...

Global equities have been volatile over the last financial year. The period has been a tale of two halves, marked by strong market performance during the first...

The ASX200 fell roughly 10% in the financial year just finished, which included a terrifying 35% plunge and euphoric 30% rally in a 16-week period. This loss-making...

The sharp move lower in markets only 7 trading days ago (11 June) was dramatic – one of the 20 largest down days in global stock market history and the eighth largest...

Extreme volatility has seen ASX listed gold stocks rally by nearly 40% over the last 12 months and, with the full economic impacts of COVID-19 starting to be felt many...

“Anything can happen, at any time.” - Joseph Goldstein, Buddhist teacher and author So far this year, avoiding the torrent of events in public health, economies,...

Australian retirees are most at risk from the fallout of COVID-19, which is distorting perceptions, changing consumer behaviour and testing the mental fortitude of...

The March quarter concluded a period of astounding world events and financial market volatility on a scale I had yet to experience. Very few in markets will have...

The record bull market in equities turned into a bear market in March, roughly 11 years after the last one ended. Volatility was extreme. The Cboe Volatility Index...

Last week, Wilson Asset Management hosted their 2020 investor conference call. Chairman and CIO, Geoff Wilson used the opportunity to talk about market volatility, and...

Move over capital deployment. Preservation of capital is becoming the strategy du jour for an increasing number of fundies. Andrew Macken, who manages around $500...

The most recent Crestone Investment Forum was held on 26 February, yet much has transpired globally and in Australia since that time. Most pressingly,...

Without trying to sound like an expert the issue at hand for most economies is not so much the sickness and deaths associated with the virus itself, it is the...

The coronavirus crisis is first and foremost a human crisis and my thoughts are particularly with those on the front line of this battle. But, of course, it's...