Some little time go I had a fairly veiled rant about the focus of media attention on the short-term movement in investment markets. I thought a few pictures might amplify, so I took to the stocks app on my iPhone.…
Tuesday’s decision by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to increase interest rates has only added to what has been a bumpy start to the year in both share and bond markets. Markets like certainty, they thrive when the future…
Isaac Asimov — 'Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.' As we moved from 2021 into 2022 there was a slight glimpse of a future that looked something like we had seen prior to 2020 and the onset…
As financial planners, we are able to - and do - discuss property as an asset class. We have chosen not to advise our clients on the merits of a specific or individual property, tending to access property as part…
Since March 23 we have seen an increase in the value of the ASX 200 of around 25% and in a previous article, I explained how markets always look forward rather than backward (see here). It all seems so logical…
Are investment markets showing the first green shoots or could there still be a late frost? As I am writing this in my self-isolated home office on 1 st May 2020 it is currently 5 degrees outside with very strong…
When to Sell “The markets are falling, when should I sell and cut my losses?” is a very common question in times like these. In fact, selling is exactly the opposite of what you should be doing as an…
We have grown very used to investment markets continually rising. From the depths of the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) in March of 2009, we have seen a steady increase in asset values for a period of more than 10 years,…
Its been a tough couple of weeks on investment markets. Fears about the impact of CVID-19 (or the much better sounding Coronavirus) are weighing heavily on sentiment, and as we speak International and Australian Markets have declined in value by…
I was having a conversation with a client the other day who was feeling nervous about the state of the share market. This guy has been a client for many years so is quite experienced in terms of the ups…