In this week's Weekly Insights: -Three Risks Into Year-End -Confusing November -Conviction Calls -FNArena Talks -Research To Download By Rudi Filapek-Vandyck, Editor FNArena Three Risks Into Year-End With year-end approaching and equity markets having positively surprised thus far in 2021, the risk is investors become overly complacent, thinking nothing can possibly disrupt this …

In this week's Weekly Insights: -Bonds Versus Earnings -Signal Says Sell, But Don't Sell -Autumn Has Arrived For Sydney Properties -Covid Is Changing The World -Copper: Supercycle With A Twist -Conviction Calls By Rudi Filapek-Vandyck, Editor FNArena Bonds Versus Earnings As far as historical battles between financial markets and central banks are concerned, the …

In this week's Weekly Insights: -We Are All Worried -Australia's Share Market Sweet Spot -Conviction Calls -What Works In Australia? By Rudi Filapek-Vandyck, Editor FNArena We Are All Worried Confused? Well, you should be. Investors, central bankers, business leaders, economists, politicians, and consumers, not to forget the many experts and market commentators on …

In this week's Weekly Insights: -The Basics Of Portfolio Construction -Jumpin' Jack Flash Lives In The Seventies -Conviction Calls -All-Weather Model Portfolio September Review -Research To Download By Rudi Filapek-Vandyck, Editor FNArena The Basics Of Portfolio Construction On my observation, the investment services industry is too much focused on providing the next hot …

In this week's Weekly Insights: -Forecasts Are Falling -Conviction Calls -Research To Download By Rudi Filapek-Vandyck, Editor FNArena Forecasts Are Falling As if investors didn't already have enough to worry about, earnings forecasts around the globe are now in a negative trend, as in: forecasts for corporate profits are falling, but …

In this week's Weekly Insights: -The Market Has A Carrot -No Weekly Insights Next Week -Conviction Calls By Rudi Filapek-Vandyck, Editor FNArena The Market Has A Carrot If the year past has shown investors one thing, it is that taking too bearish a view on the outlook for equities and bonds …

In this week's Weekly Insights: -Data, Statistics, Indices And... Lies? -The Telstra Turn-Around -Iress Rejected -Share Buybacks And Franking Benefits -NextDC And The Relative Proposition -Conviction Calls -All-Weather Model Portfolio -FNArena Talks By Rudi Filapek-Vandyck, Editor FNArena Data, Statistics, Indices And... Lies? We are all familiar with the Vanguard chart of indices suggesting equities are but …

In this week's Weekly Insights: -Appreciating The Mighty All-Weathers -Conviction Calls -Research To Download -FNArena Talks Appreciating The Mighty All-Weathers By Rudi Filapek-Vandyck, Editor FNArena One of the most persistent errors made by investors, on my observation, is a too stringent application of the 'Buy Low, Sell High' principle, usually translated as: …

In this week's Weekly Insights: -September Blues -Post-August: Five Themes For The Year Ahead -August: The Final Numbers -All-Weathers In August -Conviction Calls -Research To Download -More on the August results season By Rudi Filapek-Vandyck, Editor FNArena September Blues Last year, September was simply a pause in between the recovery from the pandemic sell-off and …

In this week's Weekly Insights It's The End Of The Trend By Rudi Filapek-Vandyck, Editor FNArena Investing revolves around numbers. Investors like to focus on numbers, though sometimes, dare I say it, with too much emphasis. Successful investing goes beyond the temporary, static analysis of data, but we'll …