Market Overview

Originally published by CuffelinksForget about a royal commission into our banks, what Australia really needs is a full and transparent inquiry into Australian property markets. Australia’s...

Originally published by CuffelinksIn dozens of meetings over the past four years, I’ve learnt a lot about how family offices and institutional asset allocators (that is, groups that aggregate...

Originally published by CuffelinksOne of the reasons investors have embraced the listed investment company (LIC) sector is the fact that many LICs offer a reliable source of franked dividend income....

Originally published by CuffelinksThere’s a misperception that equity income investing is as easy as ranking the market’s highest-yielding stocks and building a portfolio from that basis....

Originally published by CuffelinksInvestor sentiment – the dominant feelings of participants inside investment markets – has a powerful influence on the prices at which shares, bonds and...

Originally published by CuffelinksIt is true that you should never ask a barber if you need a haircut. Nevertheless, I am going to argue, on behalf of my peers, that in an environment where low...

Originally published by AxiTraderQuick RecapThe small miss in US non-farm payrolls was mitigated by the uplift in the previous data by almost the same amount. So on balance the market is pricing less...

Originally published by Rivkin U.S. non-farm payroll data on Friday continued to show a tightening in the labour market despite missing expectations. 156,000 new jobs were added (MoM Sep) lower than...

Originally published by Chamber of MerchantsIf you’ve been following my posts, you’ll know that I am nose deep in Australian precious metal miners and explorers. That’s also because...

Originally published by Chamber of MerchantsWhat a ride. As I expected, we got pretty close to the $1250 mark. I am prepared for a dip below, but we may not be going there due to the heavily oversold...

There’s a popular myth that individual investors, especially trustees of their own self-managed super funds (SMSFs), do not invest much in global equities. While it’s true SMSFs are less...

The last time we talked about Henderson Group Plc (AX:HGG) it was around the time of the Brexit when all stocks with any link to the UK got hammered. Henderson Group was one of those stocks that we...

Electric vehicles are slated to be the environmentally friendly, low emission solution to the world’s global warming problem. While these cars certainly have the potential to provide significant...

EUR/GBPMomentum remains strong, and after the break above 0.8815/20 resistance, the next notable level is 0.90 (psychological resistance), followed by 0.9080. However, it will not be easy for EUR/GBP...