Interest rates – a less orderly increase! After gradually increasing over recent months, long-term bond yields rose more sharply in February, with the U.S. 10-year rate rising 34 basis points (bp) to 1.41%. Australian 10-year bond yields rose a staggering 78bp to 1.92%, with the 10-year...
Key points Australia's national pay gap is 13.4% with women earning about $25k less per annum overall Females have on average 47% less superannuation than men on average when they reach retirement Women are represented on 32.9% of the boards in the companies on the...
For many reasons, women face additional hurdles when it comes to achieving financial freedom. So it’s important to take control of your finances now, and be proactive when it comes to planning your financial future. The unfortunate truth is that women experience low-income and poverty at...
Key global trends – equities finally pull back Global equities had their first monthly negative return since bottoming in March, reflecting a shakeout in the high-flying U.S. technology sector. Despite the risk-off equity sentiment, gold prices also fell back (and commodities more generally), which likely reflected...
Investing in property is a huge decision and can be very costly if you get it wrong. The first decision you need to make is: "Are you buying a home to live in or are you buying it as an investment?" We will be breaking...
Key global trends - equity rally continues Global equities continued their V-shaped recovery in August, while the $US continued its decline. In a counter-trend move, perhaps reflecting growing investor confidence in an economic recovery, there was a small uptick in global bond yields and an easing...
Key global trends - equity rally continues Despite still-rising COVID-19 cases globally – and signs of a tempering in the economic rebound – the V-shaped global equity recovery continued into July. The MSCI All-Country World Equity Return Index rose by 4.0% in local currency terms, after...
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Key Global Trends – equities retreat The coronavirus-led ‘risk-off’ trade that started to build in late January continued into February and the early weeks of March. Global equities have reversed their uptrend seen through most of 2019, while the downtrend in bond yields and uptrend in...
Volatility is an inherent feature of financial markets, so it is important to look through the noise. Markets can be subject to periods of event-related volatility, from events such as economic uncertainty, monetary or fiscal policy changes and geopolitical tension, and can cause investor confidence...