I don't think investment performance fees help. Actually, I suspect performance fees probably do more harm than good.
Chant West returns released its returns for superannuation funds for last month and a preview of the March massacre. Our funds beat the benchmarks by up to 3.7% in February. In March returns to date our funds look to be beating benchmarks by closer to 10%.
In today's webinar, hear from Nucleus Wealth’s Head of Investment Damien Klassen, Tim Fuller and Jonathon Rochford of distressed debt lender Narrow Road Capital as they cover "Coronavirus Brings Feast to Distressed Debt Market" Topics include: corporate debt markets - how locked up are they and ...
In today's webinar, hear from Nucleus Wealth’s Head of Investment Damien Klassen, Chief Strategist David Llewellyn Smith, and Head of Operations Tim Fuller, as they cover "Coronavirus causes Markets State Of Emergency" Today our attention turns to one of the most volatile periods in money markets ...
One factor I have been watching closely is the spread of the coronavirus through summer or tropical countries. For most of February, it appeared travellers brought COVID-19 to summer or tropical countries, but the spread within those countries was limited. That looks to be changing.
Last week I published our monthly performance report. I addressed the question of when do we look to start deploying our cash & bonds back into stocks. My throwaway line was effectively "wake me up when the stock market is down 30%". Embarrassingly, we arrived at this point a little faster than ...
In today's webinar, hear from Nucleus Wealth’s Head of Investment Damien Klassen, Chief Economist Leith van Onselen, Head of Operations Tim Fuller and leading globalisation specialist Salvatore Babones, as they cover "Can Australia survive Coronavirus & China combination blows?" Coronavirus ...
For a few weeks in late January and early February, stock markets suspended belief. Pundits on every channel emerged, suggesting a small economic dip followed by a massive stimulus package meant it was time to bid expensive stocks even higher. Meanwhile, in the real world:
Last month we threw in the towel on share markets. This month share markets were the ones to throw in the towel. From our previous monthly report:
Don't be fooled by the dividend yields that you might see for the major Australian banks. They are reflecting a rosy vision of the future that is far from certain, and in my view are a value trap.
In today's webinar, hear from Nucleus Wealth’s Head of Investment Damien Klassen, Chief Economist Leith van Onselen and Head of Operations Tim Fuller, as they cover "Australian Economy: Calm before the storm" The Q4 National accounts are hot off the presses, showing 0.5% of economic growth in Q4 ...
Chris Martenson ran this chart on his podcast over the weekend, suggesting that Thailand may have just rebranded their COVID-19 cases. Chris has been very good on the coronavirus outbreak, but on this one, I'm not convinced.
Most studies agree that asset allocation adds way more over time than stock selection. They also agree that private investors cost themselves a lot of money over a cycle by buying after the market has risen and then selling after it has fallen.
The markets have finally woken up to the threat of Coronavirus on global growth, what does this mean to you?
In today's webinar, hear from Nucleus Wealth's Head of Investment Damien Klassen, Chief Strategist David Llewellyn Smith and Head of Operations Tim Fuller, as they cover "Coronavirus: Markets awaken in fright" Stock Markets have been the last to catch onto the economic impacts of Coronavirus, and ...
