AI and resilient corporate earnings to drive global markets for remainder of 2023

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While investment opportunities in global share markets hinge on a number of factors, such as artificial intelligence and resilience in corporate earnings, the Australian market continues to be a source

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27 Jul 2023

RBA July meeting minutes: ‘optionality’ is the theme – upcoming labour force data is important but June quarter CPI is critical

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The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) minutes from the 4 July meeting contained similar themes to those that characterised Governor Lowe’s speech last week. The minutes seek to give the

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20 Jul 2023

Trend following alpha

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Trend following strategies can capture upward and downward trends in hundreds of markets, which has made such strategies popular alternative investments to diversify risk in client portfolios. This article from

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19 Jul 2023

US CPI not enough for a July “pause” and what to look out for from the RBA

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US CPI: (maybe?) not enough for a July “pause” but it will be “one and done” The June consumer price index (CPI) report indicates that inflation has meaningfully turned and

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14 Jul 2023

RBA “skips” July but future meetings remain “live” and Fed FOMC June meeting minutes

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After having increased the policy rate at both the May and June meetings, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Board decided to leave the policy rate unchanged at 4.1 per

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07 Jul 2023

Fed Chair Powell maintains the “pause not a peak” mantra and the RBA’s decision to increase the policy rate was “finely balanced”

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In his semi-annual report to Congress Federal Reserve Chair Powell reiterated the main themes from his press conference last week following the Federal Reserve’s decision to “pause” the policy rate

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23 Jun 2023

A Fed “pause but not a “peak”? Median “dot plot” sees policy rate at 5.6 per cent by end-2023, dropping to 4.6 per cent by end-2024 

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At its meeting concluding overnight, the US Federal Reserve’s (Fed) Federal Open Markets Committee (FOMC) opted to “pause” in hiking the policy rate hike. However, the Fed indicated that more

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16 Jun 2023

Climate – Three tailwinds converge to support the investment case

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Climate change is one of the most pressing issues of our time, and it’s clear that serious action is required to address it. One way to make a difference is

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01 Jun 2023

RBNZ breaks on through to the other side: A template for others?

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In something of a surprise move the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) increased the policy rate by “only” 25 basis points (bp) to 5.5 per cent. Moreover, the RBNZ

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26 May 2023

Wage price index growth portends ongoing inflation challenges and US debt ceiling disputes

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Yesterday’s April Labour Force Report was on the surface a little softer than anticipated but is not sufficient to move the dial for the RBA from a setting of “inflation

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19 May 2023