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2026 Market Outlook: Expect a Bumpier Ride — But Not Necessarily a Bad One After three strong years for diversified investors, 2026 is shaping up as a “normal” year again: positive returns are still plausible, but they’re likely to come with larger drawdowns, louder headlines, and...

Outlook for 2026 and Beyond: What We’ve Learned and What Matters Next As we reflect on 2026, one thing is clear: this has not been a “normal” market cycle. Instead, it has been shaped by a small number of powerful forces that have dominated returns, challenged...

[vc_video link='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDwq30X6BKw'] [vc_separator type='normal' position='center' color='#000000' thickness='1' up='20' down='20'] Major asset class performance Global equities continued to move higher in October, supported by  resilient global economic growth, corporate earnings, subdued bond yields and optimism around artificial intelligence. Australian equities inched higher and underperformed global equities, despite a...

How a Transition to Retirement (TTR) Pension Works As Australians work longer, it’s common to want more flexibility—perhaps moving to part-time work, reducing stress, or easing toward retirement. The challenge? A drop in work hours often means a drop in income. A Transition to Retirement (TTR) pension...

What Are Geared Investment Funds?* *And Why Borrowing for Shares Isn’t “Riskier” Than Borrowing for Property Many Australians are comfortable borrowing hundreds of thousands of dollars to buy an investment property. Yet the idea of borrowing to invest in shares often feels “too risky”. Some even believe...

Gold as an Investment: Why It Still Matters in a Diversified Portfolio (with Recent Performance) Gold is not just theoretical insurance — recent data shows how it has behaved relative to equities and bonds over the past decade. Below is a comparison, followed by an updated...

[vc_video link='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0s6wKNNVs84'] [vc_separator type='normal' position='center' color='#000000' thickness='1' up='20' down='20'] Major asset class performance Global equities continued to move higher in August, supported by continued good US earnings reports, the still-limited tariff effects on the US economy and a “dovish pivot” by the US Federal Reserve. US markets...

[vc_video link='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCjX26r54wQ'] [vc_separator type='normal' position='center' color='#000000' thickness='1' up='20' down='20'] Major asset class performance Global equities continued to move higher in July, helped by further progress in US trade deals, a good Q2 US earnings season and still fairly resilient global economic growth. US-Iran military tensions have also...

Understanding Alternatives: Private Equity, Private Credit, and Unlisted Property When most people think about investing, the first things that come to mind are shares on the stock market or term deposits with the bank. But there’s a growing category of investments known as alternative assets, which...

[vc_video link='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bgo9KNb9090'] [vc_separator type='normal' position='center' color='#000000' thickness='1' up='20' down='20'] Major asset class performance Global equities continued to move higher in June, helped by a tentative US-China trade agreement and quick containment of US-Iran military tensions. Also helping has been still-resilient US economic growth and benign consumer price...