An old fashioned bank run – accelerated by rumours that spread at internet speed and massive withdrawals – hit Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) on Thursday. Depositors pulled a massive $48…
The year 2022 was a stinker. In financial terms at least. The Russian invasion of Ukraine, leading to an energy crisis, resulting in rampant inflation, followed by central banks around…
This has been, by most accounts, a terrible year for markets. Global equities are down, bonds are terrible, and property prices are coming under pressure. So far it has been…
Jim Chalmers has delivered his first Federal Budget, but with many of the policy details having been pre-announced there were not too many surprises. Please remember the following budget announcement…
Stocks are in a bear market and with the energy crisis not improving, the odds are that many G7 countries are headed into a recession. Investor and consumer sentiment readings…
What have we learned from past rate hike cycles? In this post I dive into some of the details that are important for you to understand.
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…
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…
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,…