Nucleus Research and Insights

I’ve been seeing a particular type of chart circulate more frequently: the one plotting the S&P 500’s forward price-to-earnings ratio against the market’s subsequent 10-year returns. At first glance, it looks authoritative — hundreds of data points neatly arranged, a strong downward ...

In this week’s podcast, Nucleus Wealth’s Chief Investment Officer, Damien Klassen, digs into the great valuation debate — exploring how stretched markets truly are, what’s driving the disconnect between price and fundamentals, and where investors should be most cautious as the cycle matures. ...

I’ve been watching Australia’s inflation story unfold with a mix of familiarity and unease. Each new data release feels like déjà vu: price pressures that refuse to cool, warnings from the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) that feel increasingly stern, and a sense that the path forward is narrowing ...

In this week’s podcast, Nucleus Wealth’s Chief Investment Officer, Damien Klassen, examines the latest crypto price crash — assessing where digital assets now fit within an investment portfolio, what’s really driving the volatility, and whether Larry Fink’s push for a tokenisation boom offers any ...

One of the unique aspects of Nucleus Wealth is that you can access the same core portfolios—whether you invest through a self-managed super fund (SMSF) or a personal super fund.

In this week’s podcast, Nucleus Wealth’s Chief Investment Officer, Damien Klassen, is joined by Leith Van Onselen to break down the Pacific’s growing inflation divide — why the U.S. Federal Reserve is edging toward cuts while the Reserve Bank of Australia is holding firm, what’s really driving the ...

Every cycle has a bellwether. Today it's NVIDIA. We're operating in a two-speed economy where the US consumer looks fatigued, while corporate AI spending is a rocket ship.

The 12 months ending 31 October were volatile. But, after all was said and done, our international fund finished up 25%, our Australian fund finished up over 10%. Our tactical growth finished up around 15%. All of our funds look attractive relative to their benchmarks, especially as they were all ...

The issue with stock markets is not that they are broadly overvalued. The overvaluation is mainly concentrated in the largest AI stocks that also have the best growth. The problem is that if you want to diversify, the rest of your choices are often reasonably priced but have a much poorer growth ...

In this week’s podcast, Nucleus Wealth’s Chief Investment Officer, Damien Klassen, looks at whether NVIDIA’s upcoming results could rattle confidence in the AI boom — unpacking what investors should watch for as the market’s largest stock reports, and how the outcome might reshape expectations for ...

In recent months, I've had an influx of clients and friends asking about setting up share market investment accounts for children. Direct indexing, fractional shares, and trading with no fixed costs make it much more attractive to invest in shares than it has been in the past.

In this week’s podcast, Nucleus Wealth’s Chief Investment Officer, Damien Klassen, unpacks the latest forecasts for fossil fuel use from the International Energy Agency — why oil demand is set to keep growing under current policies, what that means for coal, oil, and gas investments, and how ...

Getting your investment ownership structure wrong can be a costly mistake. One of the very first and most important steps in investing is to choose what type of ownership structure you are going to use.

In this week’s podcast, Nucleus Wealth’s Chief Investment Officer, Damien Klassen, examines the political storm hitting the healthcare sector — how comments and policy risks from Trump and RFK Jr. are weighing on valuations, whether today’s beaten-down prices could present a long-term buying ...

I spend a lot of time asking one simple question: Can earnings keep doing the heavy lifting? Valuations are stretched at the top end of the market, and the AI investment cycle is still in full flight. Yet, for all the worry, the income statement remains surprisingly resilient.