Interest Rates are Falling
Just in case you think I’ve gone batty, I have the charts to prove it! When all the world is talking about rates rising, the mysterious bond market is doing…
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July 14, 2022
Inflation is rampant, are we also now headed for a recession?
In recent months the US first quarter GDP was revised to -1.6%. The Q2 results are not yet in, but the Atlanta Fed publish a ‘GDPNow’ data series that is…
July 5, 2022
June Markets Update
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…
June 12, 2022
Who’s been swimming naked!
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,…
May 14, 2022
Three flavours of Risk-Off
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…
May 5, 2022
How much do I need to retire!
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…
April 30, 2022
There is a LOT going on!
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.…
April 11, 2022
Federal Budget update – March 2022
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…
March 31, 2022
Market Update – 11 March 2022
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.…
March 12, 2022
War in Ukraine and Global Markets Update
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…
February 27, 2022