Key points Australian election campaigns tend to see uncertainty driving weak gains for shares, followed by a bounce. Labor is offering more of the same whereas the Coalition is offering...
March 2025 This year’s Federal Budget provides cost of living relief through tax cuts, lower power bills, reduced co-payment for medicines and other measures. Note: These changes are proposals only and may...
Key points: Share markets have fallen sharply in recent weeks as uncertainty around US President Trump’s policies have led to renewed concerns about the risk of recession at a time...
Global The introduction of DeepSeek’s open-source R1 model shocked global markets in January, challenging our understanding of capex requirements and competition in artificial intelligence. Despite the DeepSeek rout, the MSCI World Equity...
Megatrends are long-term structural changes that affect the world we live in. Importantly, they shape communities but they also create investment opportunities and risks. Learnings from historical megatrends include: 1)...
The average Australian property investor could lose money in their first year, with those in the nation’s two largest capitals likely to be more than $23,000 out of pocket in...
There are many benefits to receiving an Age Pension or even a part pension, but there are limits to what level of income or assets you can have, to be...
For many investors, the promise of ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) investing has been evasive. Confusion around what “ESG Investing” actually is has led to many investors becoming disillusioned with...
Geared share funds are high risk and high reward. When share markets are doing well, the returns can be very high, but the opposite is also true. We look at...
How do you find the sweet spot between using your retirement savings to enjoy a comfortable standard of living, and investing so you won’t run out of money in the...
