Surprise US CPI print sends market down 3% (June 10, 2022) Back in April we spoke about the pervasive damage done by rising energy costs and called out the lack…
Warren Buffett's famous quote, 'only when the tide goes out do you discover who was swimming naked' is very prescient for todays markets. With the onset of interest rate rises,…
Three flavours of ‘Risk Off’ You may have heard this term, ‘Risk Off’ before. In simple terms it means that investment managers are reducing ‘risk’ in their portfolios. It is…
How often have you walked along a beach like this one, and found yourself asking that question? Unfortunately, there is no single magical number that answers the question. The answer…
Some months are just plain boring. Some months there is just too much to try to get into one story without running to 20 pages and then losing the plot.…
The complete Federal Budget paper is a 365 page document available here: https://budget.gov.au/2022-23/content/bp1/download/bp1_2022-23.pdf In the few headlines below we comment on the points that affect the most people, or which…
Ukraine Our last update was released days after the invasion of Ukraine began. At present the Ukrainians are proving to be a tougher and more intractable foe than Putin expected.…
Ukraine What can we say that you have not already heard! Probably the big thing to focus on here is the news over the weekend that Germany has finally joined…
Share markets, as represented by the broad indices, did very well in 2021. The ASX200 gained a total of 17.23% while the S&P500 gained 26.89%. The highest point for the…
One thing that has intrigued me over the years is how we (humans) make judgements on what is a good investment given how we see things at face value. This…