Investing 101

Last month’s higher than expected inflation reading confirmed what many had long feared. Australia is not immune to the rising price of goods as a result of massive stimulus efforts during the pandemic, higher energy prices, supply disruptions and labour shortages.

Australian women are, on average, investing more of their income into sharemarkets, and overwhelming focused on using their capital to back more ‘ESG friendly’ investments. These were among the key conclusions of Pearler, an investing app that seeks to both educate and build a community around finances and investing.

The world is running out of available copper and that is causing copper prices to hit record highs. The copper price hit an all-time high of $4.9375 a tonne, which is a 125 percent rise from its March 2020 lows. It joins the list of essential commodities that have hit record highs since the pandemic began and there are several factors all contributing to its rise.

With less than a month remaining, EOFY is fast approaching and for financial advisers, it’s the most stressful time of the year. In under a month, things can turn from calm to overwhelming, at the blink of an eye.

After decades in the industry there are a few key characteristics that tend to stand-out and are best to look out for when assessing these new and emerging opportunities.

Shanghai re-opened on Friday, as it tries to return to business after being in lockdown for two months. The city’s 25 million residents will be celebrating as restrictions are lifted allowing free movement, return to work and a sense of normality as officials claim to have the virus under control. Residents have grown extremely frustrated…

Over the last few months, there’s been a lot of coverage on cryptocurrencies, namely Bitcoin, and its status as “digital gold.” The reason it is often referred to as “digital gold” is that bitcoin was seen to have been able to provide a store of value like gold. An uncorrelated asset won’t fall when the…

The month of May was a volatile one around the world, but ultimately the US markets finished flat and the S&P/ASX200 only slightly lower. This despite one of the most challenging economic backdrops in multiple years and the growing threat of higher interest rates around the world. So, why are markets seemingly rallying? One of…

Given the dramatic falls seen in markets last week, Australia now presents a particularly compelling opportunity to capitalise on the rotation towards value. That’s the view put forward by Martin Currie, an active equities investment manager and part of the Franklin Templeton Group. Reece Birtles, Chief Investment Officer, Martin Currie Australia, says “extremely high valuations…

Investing icon Warren Buffett once said, “Be fearful when others are greedy, and greedy when others are fearful”. And that’s exactly what he and his partner Charlie Munger have been doing. When markets were soaring over 2021, his holding company Berkshire Hathaway Inc (NYSE: BRK.A) was a net seller for five consecutive quarters. But since…

Inflation concerns continue to rattle markets with the RBA raising rates by 25bps at their May meeting to 35bps. Uncertainty throughout the month saw April fall by 0.8 percent bringing the total year to date (end of April) returns of the ASX 300 Accumulation Index to +10.2 percent. Ausbil Investment Management have released their Equity…

Australian dividends are back to normal. After being battered and bruised during the pandemic, many high-flying dividends were either lowered or pulled as companies feared the worst and bunkered down to save money. High paying bank dividends were slashed after APRA forced lenders to limit payouts to no more than 50% of profits amid recession…