Do share markets care about news headlines? In April, the US share market posted its best month in over 30 years. How can this be? In the five weeks from 20 February through 19 March, 1.1 million US citizens filed jobless claims. During this time, the US share market fell 29%. In the following five […]
3 positive effects of a recession
Recession, recession, recession. These words are being shouted across media headlines and newspapers around the world as we deal with the impacts of COVID-19. It is indeed a difficult time for investors as we face economic challenges stemmed from a pandemic that no one could have predicted. But the headlines that we in Australia are […]
Coronavirus and share market insights
Cast your mind back to the financial press of December 2019. How many economists had “a virus caused by people eating bat soup” in their forecasts for 2020? And yet here we are watching with concern the spread of the new Coronavirus, with it being unsettling as a health risk as well as from an […]
What is infrastructure investing?
Investing in infrastructure means you’re putting money into companies that own and operate essential public assets. These assets are usually necessary services to the community and include the following: Toll Roads Railways Airports Ports Water and electricity supply Communication Assets Hospital and education facilities. Given their history of being government owned/managed, infrastructure assets are generally […]
Are you an emotional investor?
It’s a difficult question to answer yourself without considerable bias. And if you sat down and asked yourself about the types of decisions you make every day about your money, your answer might sound something like this: “No I don’t make decisions based on my emotions. I am definitely objective about the financial decisions I […]