Welcome to our second instalment for the new financial year. We continue to see markets, while volatile, trend up with equity markets in the USA reaching new highs. While in Australia we are seeing results season provide insight to how companies have fared through the pandemic. Some commentators are suggesting that markets may be running…
July 30, 2020
Issue 13: Revisiting the fundamentals of your SMSF investing
As I welcome you to the start of a new financial year, above all, I trust you, your family members, friends and colleagues are all in good health. Beyond your personal heath an important consideration for many at this time will be the health of their SMSF and its investment portfolio and I’m guessing that…
June 29, 2020
Issue 12: Are alternative assets right for your SMSF?
It’s hard to believe that this is the twelfth article in this series; even more so when we consider that when the first was written a year ago, we were in a very different investment environment. With the change in fortunes for markets over recent months, some investors and SMSF trustees may find it somewhat…
June 15, 2020
The outlook for gold: The GFC vs COVID-19
Content provided by The Perth Mint Gold was a highly sought after asset class during the Global Financial Crisis (GFC), with the yellow metal outperforming as investors rushed toward this trusted safe haven. We’ve seen a similar market reaction in 2020, with the price of gold rising by 13% in the first five months of…
April 23, 2020
Where to next for gold?
Content provided by The Perth Mint Precious metals like gold, have had a particularly strong start in 2020. This webinar focuses on looking through the current trends influencing the gold market, and the role precious metals, particularly gold; can play in diversified investment portfolios for SMSF trustees. Topics include: Performance trends Demand outlook Short-term drivers…
March 24, 2020
Watch this ratio as market volatility escalates
Content provided by The Perth Mint Written by Jordan Eliseo, Senior Investment Manager, The Perth Mint The sharp correction in global equity markets since late February is encouraging SMSF trustees to revisit the asset allocation in their portfolios, with safe haven assets like government bonds and gold outperforming risk assets over this time period. One…
February 25, 2020
Gold: Low Cost, Liquid and Simple
Content provided by The Perth Mint Written by Jordan Eliseo, Senior Investment Manager, The Perth Mint Gold has begun 2020 in a strong position, with the yellow metal topping AUD 2,300 per troy ounce in January, an increase of almost 10% for the month. Driven by geopolitical tensions in the Middle East and fears over…
January 16, 2020
Gold demand hits all time high as price soars in 2019
Content provided by The Perth Mint Written by Jordan Eliseo, Senior Investment Manager, The Perth Mint The rise in the gold price beyond AUD 2,000 per troy ounce and multiple interest rate cuts by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) helped drive a surge in demand from Australian investors throughout 2019. The rise in demand…
November 22, 2019
Gold back on the radar as rates hit all-time lows!
Content provided by The Perth Mint Written by Jordan Eliseo, Senior Investment Manager, The Perth Mint Despite its recent pullback, gold is well and truly back on the investment radar with the price rising above AUD 2,200 per troy ounce for the first time ever in 2019. To the year end in October, the price…