Opinion

It’s a well-known fact, women investors outperform their male counterparts and have been doing so for quite some time. New research from investment app, Pearler, has once again confirmed this admission: women have outpaced men in share investing despite wage disparity.

With markets taking a battering, inflation soaring and central banks accelerating interest rate rises, it’s no easy task finding places to invest (or hide) on the ASX. One such company thought to thrive in economic downturns is Credit Corp Group Limited.

In these uncertain times, global asset manager Capital Group believes its important for advisers to step back and consider the long-term trends that are driving companies and markets. The team recently put together the ten most important themes for investors to consider in the year ahead.

I am not an expert on climate change. Therefore, I will leave it to those experts and environmental, social and governance (ESG) specialists to talk in detail about the impacts of climate change on our food system and which government policies are required to address or decrease impacts. I am looking at the future of…

If there was one word to summarise the relationship between the big four banks and interest rates, it would be volatile. In March, the banks rallied after the Reserve Bank of Australia shifted its dovish rhetoric and signalled imminent rate rises to combat inflation. Now with the RBA acting on those increases by most recently passing a 50 basis point increase, big four shares are tumbling over themselves.

From its infancy to now, the Exchange Traded Products (ETP) market has been growing exponentially, with 2021 becoming a record year for flows despite the COVID-19 pandemic. What started with about 126 products, has quickly grown to more than 266 products in the Australian market alone.

A 50bps interest rate hike by the RBA wasn’t what anyone was expecting. It takes the cash rate to 85bps – well ahead of most economists’ expectations. What are the knock-on effects?

Whilst it is clear that leaving interest rates at an ’emergency’ level isn’t appropriate, it is difficult to believe that the Australian cash rate will be above 3 per cent, as the market predicts, in 2023. A 50-basis point increase in mortgage rates that are in many cases below 2 per cent will hit people and businesses, but most likely property prices, hard. 

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…

It’s every Australian’s dream to win a division one jackpot. While your odds of that are pretty slim, you can now benefit from lotteries in another way. Last week The Lottery Corporation Ltd (ASX: TLC) – which owns brands including Tattslotto, Powerball and Ozlotto in addition to Keno outlets – was listed as a standalone…

The central bank expects house price growth to ease this year and house prices are already falling in Sydney and Melbourne; economists expect that price weakness will spread to other cities, which may limit the number of official interest rate rises this year that are needed to tame inflation. According to the Reserve Bank of…