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Review of 2019, outlook for 2020 – the beat goes on

Review of 2019, outlook for 2020 – the beat goes on
Christmas 2018 was not a great one for many investors with an almost 20% slump in US shares from their high in September to their low on Christmas Eve, capping off a year of bad returns from share markets and leading to much trepidation as to what 2019 would hold.
December 6th 2019

Five reasons why the $A may be close to the bottom

Five reasons why the $A may be close to the bottom
With the risks skewed towards the $A bottoming soon the case to maintain a large exposure to offshore assets that are not hedged back to Australian dollars has weakened. Of course, maintaining a position in foreign exchange for Australian-based investors against the $A provides some protection should things go wrong globally or in Australia.
November 26th 2019

Why super and growth assets like shares really are long-term investments

Why super and growth assets like shares really are long-term investments
After a sharp share market falls when headlines scream about the billions wiped off the market the usual questions are: what caused the fall? what’s the outlook? and what does it mean for superannuation?
November 18th 2019

Five reasons why I am not so fussed about the global outlook

Five reasons why I am not so fussed about the global outlook
There is always someone telling us that there is some sort of economic/financial disaster coming our way. However, there does seem to be a higher level of hand wringing now about the global economic outlook than normal. Here are five reasons not to get too fussed about the global outlook.
November 12th 2019

21 great investment quotes

21 great investment quotes
The world of investing can be confusing and scary at times. But fortunately, the basics of investing are timeless and some investors (often the best) have a knack of encapsulating these in a sentence or two that is insightful and easy to understand. In recent years I’ve written several insights highlighting investment quotes I find particularly useful. Here are some more.
October 29th 2019

Five great charts on investing for income (or cash flow)

Five great charts on investing for income (or cash flow)
Since I first looked at “Five great charts on investing for income” two years ago, the Australian cash rate has halved, 10-year bond yields have fallen by two thirds and interest rates have resumed falling globally. So this note looks at five charts I find useful in understanding investing for income.
October 17th 2019

Has Australia really had three recessions in the last 28 years?

Has Australia really had three recessions in the last 28 years?
The claim that Australia has gone 28 years without a recession since the early 1990s recession ended in 1991 has been subject to some criticism in recent times with the economy sliding into a “per capita recession” where economic growth has been below population growth.
October 1st 2019

Investment returns have been good, but they are likely to slow over the next five years

Investment returns have been good, but they are likely to slow over the next five years
The past 10 years have seen pretty good returns for well-diversified investors. The median balanced growth superannuation fund returned 7.3% pa over the five years to July and 8.2% pa over 10 years and that’s after fees and taxes. This is impressive given that inflation has been around 2%.
September 26th 2019

Will the world slip up on oil again? – after oil prices spike as attacks disrupt Saudi production

Will the world slip up on oil again? – after oil prices spike as attacks disrupt Saudi production
World oil prices have spiked since last week following weekend drone attacks on oil production in Saudi Arabia. This has naturally raised questions about the threat to economic growth, particularly if oil prices spike further, flowing on to petrol prices.
September 18th 2019