Probably the best way to describe the performance of the FNArena/Vested Equities All-Weather Model Portfolio into the new financial year is by making the following observation: the All-Weather Portfolio has rallied to a fresh all-time record high, while key local share market indices might need …

On the micro-level, a failed or splendid financial performance release can have a noticeable impact on a company's share price up to three months down the track. On the macro-level, recent observations suggest beats and misses can set new trends for sectors and broad themes, or keep the …

A lot of ink and airtime have been spent on the never ending debate on Value versus Growth investing in the Australian share market, but if the August 2019 corporate reporting season is proving anything it is that investors might be best off by focusing …

FNArena only started to produce detailed coverage of Australian corporate results in August 2013. In the six years since we haven't monitored one season yet in which released financial performances consist of more "misses" than "beats", but early indications are this August reporting season can possibly …

August is local reporting season for Australian listed companies, but the pace of corporate results releases is so much skewed to the second half of the month that as half-way approaches on the calendar, it remains way too early to draw any definitive conclusions or …

Coming into the August reporting season Australian equities had enjoyed seven months of uninterrupted gains, despite more than 250 profit warnings from ASX-listed companies and with underlying corporate profits (ex-iron ore miners) negative and in decline. But central bankers are cutting interest rates and reassuring investors …

In the share market all that matters are corporate profits and growth, or so the mantra goes. But sometimes the direction for the share market is guided by a number of other catalysts, relegating corporate earnings to merely a secondary role. See the past twelve months …

The sharp division between investors in "Growth" and in "Value" has added yet another chapter over the past six months, despite a notable resurgence for banking stocks and iron ore miners throughout the half. But, as highlighted in the graphic below from a recent market analysis …

One of the key characteristics of the 2019 bull market rally is not only has the uptrend been exceptionally strong, with the ASX200 Accumulation index up nearly 20% over six months, the average volatility along the way up has been unusually low at the same …

The first six months of calendar 2019 have again superbly proved as to why this equities bull market has been dubbed "the most hated in history". At face value, equity markets have rallied by up to 20% suggesting making money from asset price inflation via the …