Elliot Watson has been named as a finalist in the ifa Excellence Awards for Practice Principal of the Year. The ifa Excellence Awards showcases the industry’s most prestigious accolades recognising excellence across the entire independent financial services industry. The awards…
The recovery rally marches on Global shares rose 3.3% and 0.6% in hedged and unhedged terms, respectively. Emerging markets continued to rally (up 4.6%) driven by stronger economic data in China with business surveys such as the Caixin PMI pointing…
The recovery rally marches on The improvement in leading indicators however suggest the pace of the contraction is slowing and growth is beginning to improve particularly as countries exit lockdown measures. Policy support continues to underpin the recovery with ongoing…
The recovery rally marches on Global shares rose 4.7% and 3.4% in hedged and unhedged terms, respectively. Emerging markets continued to struggle (down -0.6%) with political tension within Hong Kong and heightened US tensions driving Chinese equities lower for the…
A relief rally for (most) markets Global shares rose 10% and 3.6% in hedged and unhedged terms, respectively. Emerging markets were relative underperformers (up 2%) as their currencies remained under pressure during the month with the Australian dollar appreciating against…
Flight to safety globally escalated Global shares fell -13.4% and -8.3% in hedged and unhedged terms, respectively. Emerging markets were relative underperformers (down -10.9%) as they were caught up in a flight to liquidity (cash) by investors seeking safe-haven assets…
2020 will go down in history as the year the world change forever, the year that COVID-19 or the coronavirus caused a global health and economic crisis. In times like these it is important to remember that no matter how…
Our lives, livelihoods and conversations are all consumed by the impacts of the coronavirus. The 24/7 media is in overdrive with doom and gloom as we comprehend what life will look like over the coming months. Our country is shutting…
The last few weeks have not been fun to watch for anyone invested in the Australian stock market. The spread of COVID-19 and the societal response has caused a negative growth shock similar to that of the GFC. The degree…
Risk assets rose Global shares were up 1.8% and 0.4% in hedged and unhedged terms, respectively. Domestically, Australian shares underperformed international markets falling -0.4% during October. This was driven by a combination of falling iron ore prices hurting mining giants…