Written by Paul Miron, Managing Director, Msquared Capital It is time to say it – Enough is Enough! We do not need any more rate increases! The official RBA Cash Rate has increased for the 10th consecutive time – unprecedented in our modern economic history. We have now reached a stage where it is becoming unnerving…
Authored by Global X ETFs The fossil fuel heydays may be over sooner than we think as the world sets its sights on decarbonisation targets and renewable energy. Although coal prices jumped in 2022 due to the Russia-Ukraine war, there will be a structural decline in coal demand over the coming decade due to net-zero…
The Roaring ’20s, and I’m talking the 1920s, was a decade of economic growth and widespread prosperity. It followed the ‘Spanish Flu Pandemic’ which lasted two years, over a number of waves between February 1918 to and April 1920. Sound familiar? The decade following was a period of strong economic growth and technological change. Most…
Content provided by The Perth Mint Gold tends to get all the glory when people look for an investment with a low correlation to traditional assets such as stocks and bonds. But many invest in silver as an inflation hedge and to help protect the overall value of their portfolio in times of economic turmoil. One…
Written by Paul Miron, Managing Director, Msquared Capital As the dust settles from our post-Australia Day celebrations, we ease into the New Year refreshed and invigorated with our resolutions and plans in motion. We begin to reflect on and update our personal and financial goals for the year and ponder the new year challenges for all…
Thank you for joining us again this year and for your interest and support over 2022. If you are joining us in 2023 for the first time, welcome and I hope you find these articles of interest and help. Just to reconfirm, these are my thoughts and ideas based on my experiences and are not…
Authored by Global X ETFs What themes should you be incorporating into your SMSF in 2023? Global markets are abuzz speculating how the year will unfold, with analysts predicting everything from a global recession to an end-of-year equity rally. Diversification is key in times of volatility, so here are three investable ideas from gold being…
There is always a temptation to look at a year in isolation, rather than placing it in the context of a slightly longer view, maybe within the last — not to mention the next two, three or even five years. So, it’s not surprising to see commentary for 2023 suggesting home prices continuing to fall,…
Content provided by Thinktank Written by Per Amundsen, Head of Research, Thinktank With little fanfare, the Council of Financial Regulators (CFR) recently handed down its report into “Leverage and Risk in the Superannuation System” – a form of credit almost exclusively used by self-managed super funds (SMSFs). It concluded “that borrowing by SMSFs through Limited…
Content provided by S&P Dow Jones Indices Genuine skill is more likely to persist, while luck is random and fleeting. Thus, one measure of skill is the consistency of a fund’s performance relative to its peers. The Persistence Scorecard measures that consistency and shows that, regardless of asset class or style focus, active management outperformance…
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