FNArena’s Weekly Insights – September 09 2019
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 …
FNArena’s Weekly Insights – September 03 2019
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 …
Bassanese Bites: Weak GDP Ahead – September 02 2019
After a very worrying start, global equities eventually recovered over the course of last week – thanks to no immediate Chinese retaliation to Trumps’s latest tariffs hikes and ongoing signals that the two sides are still at least talking. Hope springs eternal! It helped also …
FNArena’s Weekly Insights – August 26 2019
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’s Weekly Insights – August 19 2019
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 …
Bassanese Bites: Unnerving Inversion – August 19 2019
Inversion of a key US yield curve measure (the gap between US 10-year and 2-year Federal Government bond yields) sent jitters through Wall Street last week, as did further signs of softer economic growth in Europe and China. The global stock pull back continued as …
FNArena’s Weekly Insights – August 12 2019
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 …
FNArena’s Weekly Insights – August 06 2019
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 …
Bassanese Bites: Trade tantrum – August 05 2019
Global equities slumped last week reflecting two negative events: disappointment with regard to Fed guidance and Trump’s new tariffs. A flight to safety saw long-term bond yields plumb new lows, the $A weaken, and $US and gold prices firm. The $A has now hit my …
FNArena’s Weekly Insights – July 24 2019
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 …
