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ESG investing is a complicated area with many ethical dilemmas and moral decisions to be made.

In this week’s podcast, Nucleus Wealth’s Chief Investment Officer Damien Klassen, Chief Economist Leith van Onselen and Head of Advice Samuel Kerr look at the extreme levels of housing and rental unaffordability and the impacts on the economy, people and the environment. View the presentation ...

September, historically a bearish month, once again proved true to form as all indexes were in retreat once the Fed indicated that interest rates are to stay stronger for longer. While our more defensively positioned Tactical portfolios outperformed their benchmarks they couldn't cushion all the ...

There has been a surge in the oil price following another outbreak of fighting in the Middle East. The question is, what does the rising oil price do to inflation? In the very short term, the answer is obvious: inflation will be higher. But most central banks exclude oil from the inflation series ...

There has been a lot of inflation in food at the supermarket, but very little for the farmers. Most agricultural prices have actually been decreasing over the last 18 months. Is this greedflation at play? In this week’s podcast, Nucleus Wealth's Chief Investment Officer Damien Klassen and Senior ...

Given that superannuation is now worth approximately $3.5 trillion, it is unsurprising to see that there is a huge number of participants in the market. These companies and brands all appear to offer huge differentiations to each other, some with enormous marketing budgets to reach out to their ...

Almost all of the profit growth and share price appreciation in 2023 has come from a small group of US tech stocks. In this week’s podcast, Nucleus Wealth Chief Investment Officer Damien Klassen and Senior Financial Adviser Samuel Kerr delve into each of the 'magnificent seven' stocks. View the ...

There have been several high-profile hacks recently, and share prices can plummet in response. Examples include Medibank, Optus, Latitude, and even tech darling Canva. And most of these hacks were before technology advances gifted scammers AI tools to make it harder to detect scams. ...

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There has been a wave of data breaches over the last few years. Medibank, Optus, Latitude and even tech darling Canva have been exposed. For the stocks involved, the effects can be dramatic. With the release of OpenAI and a number of other Artificial Intelligence tools, it seems the scammers are ...

If you are worried about a downturn in markets, one place to look for safety is in sectors that have already fallen. In this week’s podcast, Nucleus Wealth Chief Investment Officer Damien Klassen and Senior Financial Adviser Samuel Kerr look through last year’s darlings who have seen shipping rates ...

Join us for a thoughtful conversation on retirement planning that could transform your quality of life. In this episode, Nucleus Wealth Chief Operating Officer Shelley George sits down with guest Natallia Smith, the Director and Principal Financial Adviser at Tru Wealth Advice, to discuss expert ...

In macroeconomics, there is a firehose of data. Pick your bias, and you can usually find something to support it. Currently, the bulls can point to historical growth - the hard data. The bears point to surveys and expectations measurements - the soft data.

August proved to be a volatile month with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq-100 Indices posting their first monthly declines since February. Our more defensively positioned Tactical portfolios consequently outperformed their benchmarks as our large cash positioning meant we were able to avoid the negative ...

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