Back in our March newsletter we discussed rapidly rising bond yields and how, traditionally, this is seen as a strong signal of imminent inflation. Some commentators at the time also expressed concern that rising bond yields would cause equity markets to fall (this is based on the fact that the discount rate used to
Interest rate announcement - July 2021The RBA last changed the cash rate in November last year, reducing it to an unprecedented low of 0.1%. This was an unprecedented move from the RBA which reveals that, while the economy has begun to bounce back, the path to full recovery from impacts of COVID-19 is likely
Your humble scribe has fielded a few enquiries recently about the merits, or otherwise, of investing in Cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin. So it’s timely to demystify this cryptic world. Cryptocurrency is a digital payment system that doesn’t rely on banks to verify transactions. It’s a peer-to-peer system that can enable anyone anywhere to send and
Interest rate announcement - June 2021 The RBA last changed the cash rate in November last year, reducing it to an unprecedented low of 0.1%. This was an unprecedented move from the RBA which reveals that, while the economy has begun to bounce back, the path to full recovery from impacts of COVID-19 is
Interest rate announcement - May 2021 The RBA last changed the cash rate in November last year, reducing it to an unprecedented low of 0.1%. This was an unprecedented move from the RBA which reveals that, while the economy has begun to bounce back, the path to full recovery from impacts of COVID-19 is
As expected, markets have continued their steady rise since the pandemic induced downturn bottomed out on March 23 last year. As can be seen in the chart below, the Australian market moved sideways during March as investors rotated out of the high growth tech stocks that had driven most of the strong returns into cyclical
Interest rate announcement - March 2021 The RBA last changed the cash rate in November last year, reducing it to an unprecedented low of 0.1%. This was an unprecedented move from the RBA which reveals that, while the economy has begun to bounce back, the path to full recovery from impacts of COVID-19 is
Interest rate announcement - February 2021The RBA last changed the cash rate in November last year, reducing it to an unprecedented low of 0.1%. This was an unprecedented move from the RBA which reveals that, while the economy has begun to bounce back, the path to full recovery from impacts of COVID-19 is likely
No doubt we’re all thankful to put 2020 behind us and hope for better things in 2021. Which begs the question, is there cause for optimism, given that much of the rest of the world is still struggling with the pandemic? In our view there is! There will always be some unforeseen event that causes
September was a subdued month for shares with market jitters driven by the fierce US political campaign, continued US/China confrontation, Brexit negotiations and the wait for a COVID-19 vaccine. However, the first weeks of October saw strong rises in markets as demonstrated by the ASX200 closing at 6 month record highs at the time of
