One of our most frequent investor questions is around our government bond holdings and the unique risks that low-interest rates present.
Australian Property has caught Coronavirus: The strong rebound in Australian property values has come to a shuddering halt with the Coronavirus lockdown. Auction clearance rates and buyer sentiment have collapsed, unemployment is surging, and mortgage availability is tightening. All of which points ...
There is sometimes confusion about the returns available on property in a self-managed super fund (SMSF) – especially as the mathematics starts to get confusing with relative rates of return, real vs nominal and opportunity cost vs risk, before tax and after tax returns. If you'd like to see how an ...
What's our view of Long and Short investing during the Coronavirus Pandemic? In today's webinar Nucleus Wealth's Head of Investments Damien Klassen, Chief Strategist David Llewellyn-Smith, Head of Operations Tim Fuller and Chief Investment Officer of Paragon Funds, John Deniz, to address this ...
A lot of people think a model and a forecast are the same thing. They aren't. They are very different and knowing when you can forecast, and when you can only model is a critical investing skill. Coronavirus forecasting is a testament to the difference - many elements can be modelled, very few can ...
Is it time to re-enter the world stock market? In today's webinar Nucleus Wealth's Head of Investments Damien Klassen, Chief Strategist David Llewellyn-Smith and Head of Operations Tim Fuller investigate Topics on the agenda include a summary of the current issues facing worldwide economies and ...
March was one of the worst months ever for stock markets. As discussed in our January and February reports, our portfolios were positioned for this outcome. Given we can only hold blue-chip liquid assets with no shorting or derivatives, our performance was as good as we could have hoped: Our ...
Nucleus Wealth's Head of Investments Damien Klassen was recently featured on ausbiz TV with the inside word on the controversy surrounding many Superannuation funds not writing down their significant balances of unlisted assets, and the prisoners dilemma it causes to super investors. This is an ...
Will Coronavirus collapse the Australian Property market? Martin North of Digital Finance Analytics joins the podcast to discuss what his mortgage stress consumer surveys are showing.
Last week, the Morrison Government announced that it would allow cash strapped Australians that have lost their jobs to access up to $20,000 in savings from their superannuation fund.
Most superannuation funds, and especially industry funds have significant balances in unlisted assets. Many are telling you that these assets haven't lost money, or are only down a little despite sharemarkets being down close to 30%. This gives rise to perverse incentives for superannuants:
Topics on the agenda today; how Marcus Today & Nucleus Wealth have performed thus far throughout the Coronavirus Crash, Marcus' unique investment perspective, the impact (or lack thereof) of interest rate drops to the market, Trump's obsession with the stock market, if there will be structural ...
Nucleus Wealth's Head of Investments Damien Klassen was recently featured on the Australian Investors Podcast with Owen Rask of Rask Australia. Check out the episode in webinar or podcast form
Today we look at the at the credit fallout of Coronavirus. What is the nature of this financial crisis? Is it over or does it have further to run? What is the role of banks and central banks? What are the implications for assets? All of these questions and more answered today by Nucleus Wealth’s ...
Nucleus Wealth’s Head of Investments Damien Klassen was featured in a Fund Manager Q&A today with Livewire Markets focused on Nucleus having called the possibility of Coronavirus causing widespread crashes in January when there were just 400 cases. Livewire note what's happened since:
