Oliver’s Insights: Shares climbing a wall of worry

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The attached ‘Oliver’s Insight’ looks at the continuing recovery in share markets, despite ongoing worries about the global growth outlook. The key points are as follows: Global growth is likely to be... Read more continue reading

The 10 questions investors are asking…and the answers

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What are the top 10 questions advisers are getting from their clients? Here they are – with answers provided by Fidelity Worldwide Investment. How does the situation in Europe affect... Read more continue reading

Investment Insight: investing in equities

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AMP Capital’s Head of Dynamic Asset Allocation Nader Naeimi examines the opportunities in investing in equities in a time of economic weakness and political uncertainty and what really are the... Read more continue reading

Investors returning to high quality secured credit

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The reputation of secured credit investments was badly tarnished by the global financial crisis, and with some justification.  Not surprisingly therefore, many investors are asking: is there good reason to... Read more continue reading

Oliver’s Insights: The search for yield

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Assets with a decent and sustainable yield are attractive because they provide a greater certainty of return in an environment of volatile and constrained capital growth. However, bank term deposit... Read more continue reading

Corporate Governance 2012 mid year report

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The sustainability of company business models and profit growth can be affected by a wide range of environmental, social and governance issues (ESG). For precisely this reason AMP Capital searches... Read more continue reading

Equity yields rise towards 15 year highs

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Equity yields around the world, including those of blue-chip investments, are higher than average over the past 15 years – and investors are increasingly recognising this and taking advantage of... Read more continue reading

Risk-off – go global for best returns urges fund manager

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A desire by Australian investors to mitigate risk has seen a pile-up of funds sitting in cash. Rates on cash are higher in Australia than in many OECD countries and... Read more continue reading

Have shares lost their appeal for long term investors?

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While rolling ten year periods occasionally see shares lose to bonds and cash, this is rarely the case over 20year, and has never been the case over 40 year, periods.... Read more continue reading

Ways to handle market volatility

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Markets are being driven by politics and they won’t stabilise while the eurozone situation is unresolved and, more importantly, while the threat remains that Spain or Italy could go the... Read more continue reading