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Damien Cronin from Alceon goes in depth with Peter White from The Inside Network on ‘Private Real Estate Debt in Australia’. Simon Shields from Monash Investors goes IN60 with Peter White from The Inside Network.
“Patience is a virtue” may well be the best way to explain the performance of the Australian sharemarket in the March quarter. As the rest of the world, but particularly fast-growing technology stocks listed on the NASDAQ entered free fall, the local S&P/ASX200 benchmark bucked the global trend to deliver a return of 2.2 per…
Grocery prices have soared in Australia, rising at a faster pace than the Consumer Price Index, which is benefitting the earnings of Coles and Woolworths. However, the boost could be temporary, with food inflation expected to moderate next year. The rise in inflation globally has exceeded wages growth, eroding households’ purchasing power. Lower income households…
March stands out as being one of the most difficult periods for investors in a generation. On the one hand, bond markets send fixed income to its worst return in more decades, and on the other, equity markets were sold off broadly on valuation concerns as bond yields ended a forty-year downward trend. It is…
Bitcoin — Digital Gold This research primer is a guide to understanding Bitcoin. It explains why Bitcoin is important, how the technology for Bitcoin is likely to change over the next decade, how we can value Bitcoin, and what the main risks associated with investing in Bitcoin are. We believe Bitcoin presents the investment opportunity of…
Despite the media hype surrounding last week’s US rate hike, interest rates are going up but not as fast or as damaging as everyone thinks. The RBA upped rates for the first time in over 11 years by 25bps to 0.35 percent from 0.10 percent. Roughly a $65 a month increase, on a twenty-five year…
Morgans have released a summary of the key points from the recent bank reporting season. Of the banks that reported, Morgans says NAB was in line with consensus expectations, while ANZ and WBC beat consensus earnings expectations. Despite this, Morgans holds NAB as having the strongest 1H22 performance overall. NAB produced the strongest profit growth…
Stablecoins are one type of cryptocurrency that is designed to maintain a fixed value over time. The value of a stablecoin is typically pegged to another asset class such as fiat currencies or precious metals. In this setup, one unit of the cryptocurrency typically equals one unit of the real currency. Unlike highly volatile cryptocurrencies…
Recent falls seen in cryptocurrency markets are being blamed on the crash of a stablecoin TerraUSD which fell 90 per cent from its $1 value this week, while its sister token Terra (LUNA) slumped more than 99.97% in the past five days. Stablecoins are cryptocurrencies where the price is designed to be pegged to fiat…
This week’s crash and burn of stablecoin Luna and TerraUST have raised concerns about the implications such a crash will have on investors, VC funds, other larger cryptocurrencies and the wider economy. It even raised the eyebrows of US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen who outlined her stance on the risks that exist with stablecoins. Yellen…
“Whatever you are thinking might be the trigger of a potential correction today, you are quite likely to be wrong” explains Michael Hampden-Turner, Director of Fixed Income at FTSE Russell in a recent blog post discussing the recession predicting capabilities of the yield curve. Headlines have been dominated by the undeniable fact and historic analysis…
White noise is broadly defined as the combination of sounds of all different frequencies together, typically being used to mask other sounds. Among the most common uses of white noise is to help babies (and adults) sleep without background noise. Whilst highly powerful for this purpose, one could easily make the opposite conclusion when it…
It’s not quite a 1980’s style corporate raider attempt, but it’s pretty darn close. Australia’s 4th richest man is trying to disrupt the dissembling of the country’s largest energy generator and retailer. After previously trying to buy the whole company twice, MikeCannon–Brookes, through his holding company Grok Ventures, has effectively secured 11% of AGLEnergyLimited (ASX:…
In the US, corporate earnings season is in full swing, and it couldn’t come at a worse time. Investors are fleeing away from risk and to safety putting the market in a bearish unforgiving mood. Companies that have missed expectations have been absolutely smashed. According to FactSet, 70 per cent of S&P500 companies that have…
Damien Cronin from Alceon goes in depth with Peter White from The Inside Network on ‘Private Real Estate Debt in Australia’. Simon Shields from Monash Investors goes IN60 with Peter White from The Inside Network.
Damien Cronin from Alceon answers ‘quickfire’ questions with Peter White from The Inside Network. Simon Shields from Monash Investors goes IN60 with Peter White from The Inside Network.
Jess Renden from Cointree shares insights with James Dunn from The Inside Network on ‘Can you explain Cointree’s unique edge amid a surge in ETF investment opportunities?’ Visit Cointree’s website to find out more. Simon Shields from Monash Investors goes IN60 with Peter White from The Inside Network.
Jess Renden from Cointree shares insights with James Dunn from The Inside Network on ‘The regulatory of cryptocurrency is fast evolving, how does this affect the industry?’ Visit Cointree’s website to find out more. Simon Shields from Monash Investors goes IN60 with Peter White from The Inside Network.
Markets around the world are still in freefall as losses mount as a result of investors moving out of risk partly due to inflation fears and supply chain disruptions partly due to the crisis in Ukraine and Covid lockdowns in China. The market is yet to become comfortable with the rate hike cycle that is…
For investors looking to build positions in quality technology firms, the US computer chip giants are trading at attractive price levels, with many brokers now rating them as a buy, according to data from the Wall Street Journal. The prices of semiconductor companies have dropped sharply this year amidst a broader sell-off in technology stocks…
A bounce in share markets in March supported superannuation fund performance in the first quarter of 2022. However, with inflation concerns mounting, global share markets remain volatile, including the hard US share market, which is likely to dent superannuation returns for the current financial year. Superannuation research house SuperRatings found the median balanced option rose…
Among the Federal Budget proposals that received the least fanfare was the extension of the ‘temporary’ relief on the minimum drawdowns for account-based pensions. Whilst the media attention on the legislative change immediately highlights the fact that it benefits the wealthy more than the rest, it affords an entire generation of Australians greater flexibility. Few…
