volatility

In our December Quarterly Outlook Statement, I published the below article highlighting a higher required return from equities should we continue to extrapolate low...

2020 has seen a very noisy start to the year with one major event with significant human and investment market implications after another. For Australia it started...

2019 was an eventful and fruitful year for equity investors, with the MSCI World Index delivering a massive 25% return. It was the strongest calendar year for equities...

Welcome to 2020. The bulls still have strength in numbers, but an increasing number of bears are emerging from hibernation. Those who argue that benign market...

It was a somewhat unique situation to be interviewing a former colleague when I sat down with Marcus Bogdan, CIO at Blackmore Capital recently. So, I have been across...

This week’s dramatic market sell-off prompted a number of scary headlines. While correct, they are often taken out of context. FactSet tells me that the market...

Key insights Global emerging markets have provided very strong returns for long term investors. However, investors have to be prepared to accept higher...

Active management has successfully delivered alpha from Australian small companies over the long-term. Further, in periods when the dispersion of stock returns within...

Emerging markets were volatile throughout 2018, especially during quarter four as they sold off and took some valuation froth out of the market. This has continued...

In my last blog, I provided an overview of Vega Capital’s model for identifying and pre-empting recessions in the United States. Last Thursday (at WeWorks Martin...