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On fixed rate bond exposure, now is not the time to have zero, but it is not the time to fill your boots.

The 24th Prime Minister of Australia and the 2023 bond market may not have a lot in common at first glance.

The docile bond market of the past 20+ years is gone. As many professional managers, allocators and advisors have been burned this past year, we expected...

In 2022 we expect volatility to increase as a function of central bank liquidity draining from the system. In parallel, we expect inflation to remain persistent, as we...

Back in 2017, we outlined the case for an Australian recession based on a retrenchment of household spending brought about by a negative wealth effect. At the time the...

Over the past six months interest rate markets have seen extremely strong rallies globally, with the US 10-year yield falling by over 100 basis points since October...

The negative effects of ALP policies on housing, SMSFs and profit margins are already impacting certain sectors of the market, such as banks, residential property...

Chris Watling from London-based Longview Economics has been a vocal bear for some time and recently called for an Australian recession. The real question now though is...

The world’s most powerful central bank, the Fed, has hiked rates nine times since 2015. After a policy of providing guidance, and sticking to it, the Fed abruptly...

In December last year, I wrote an article entitled “Nothing Terribly Wrong” talking about the market fears being overdone. At the time the ASX 200 was down 12% from...

We believe there are three key themes that will persist in 2019; divergence, disruption and debt-overhang. Invesco's Chief Global Market Strategist, Kristina Hooper,...

It's safe to say that credit managers DO NOT want you to read the study we share here. It’s a Christmas cracker to be discussed over the BBQ this summer. In trying to...

In October 2017 we wrote that our biggest concern for the market was the unwinding of Quantitative Easing (QE). At the time, we used Marc Faber's analogy which is...

In part one of this deep-dive, we analysed the economic impact a demographic headwind can have using Japan as a case in point. In part two, we looked at how an ageing...

With an escalating trade war, quantitative easing over, and China slowing down, market risk is running high. So when we sat down with global manager, Peter Rutter,...

The Fed has hiked 3 times this year and plans another four hikes by the end of next year. Their collective impact is still ‘in the post’ as hikes take time to bite....

For years now, many have told us that Australia is heading for an imminent recession. By contrast official forecasts have long been looking for several years of above...

What would you nominate as the most under-appreciated risk in the market today? There seems to have been an endless carousel of macro ‘bogeymen’, yet markets keep...

Everyone shops on the Internet these days, don’t they? That’s why Armageddon looms for retailers and therefore investors in retail property. If you’re looking for a...