2018 – a lot weaker than expected After the relatively low volatility and solid returns…

While global and Australian shares had a nice bounce from their late October lows –…

A few months ago Reserve Bank Governor Phillip Lowe provided four common sense points we…

October was a bad month for shares with global shares losing 6.8% in local currency…

Introduction Some commentators claim shares are way overvalued and so a crash is inevitable. As…

Australian capital city home prices have fallen for 12 months in a row and are…

Introduction Every so often shares go through rough patches. We saw this most recently around…

“Information is not knowledge, knowledge is not wisdom – Frank Zappa (and maybe some others)”…

The period August to October is a time for anniversaries of financial market crises –…

For years now, many have told us that Australia is heading for an imminent recession.…