Nucleus Research and Insights

I've written a few times recently about the imbalances in the Australian economy and how messed up the Australian housing cycle is. It looks as if the Australian economy is hanging on to positive growth based on one factor. Without that factor, there is significant economic downside. The one ...

In today's webinar, hear from Nucleus Wealth's Head of Investments Damien Klassen, Head of Operations Tim Fuller and Journalist turned Author Daniel Ziffer as they cover the Royal Commission, resulting changes to the banking industry and his book chronicling it all "A Wunch of Bankers" Topics this ...

September saw volatile, but ultimately strong equity markets push the investment returns for most superannuation funds higher. Our tactical investment funds performed well, and continue to post-investment returns above the returns of most Australian super funds over the last year. This comes ...

In today's webinar, hear from Nucleus Wealth's Head of Investment Damien Klassen and Head of Operations Tim Fuller as they investigate "Revelations from the coal face of Australian Lending with Stephen Mitchell." Stephen’s the CEO of private capital lender Oak Capital, and second-tier mortgage ...

The World Economic Forum just posted its most recent Global Competitiveness index. I don't agree with some of the underlying measurements, but I find the depth and transparency into their process excellent - if you are wondering how they got to a score then the answer is probably available. Very ...

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg announced Monday an ACCC investigation into the banks not passing on interest rate cuts. I think the investigation will make a nice addition to ACCC's bookshelf. They can file it next Rudd's FuelWatch and Grocery Code of Conduct. The biggest question is whether the ...

We are proud to announce that Nucleus Wealth Super accounts now offer personal (Life and Total & Permanent Disability) insurance cover. You can select Life only, TPD only or Life with linked TPD cover.

In response to current events & popular demand, Nucleus Wealth is proud to announce a new suite of ethical options under the Human Rights category. These options will screen out companies that are located in countries that do not meet the criteria you have selected.

Part of my investment thesis on China is that the underlying structural issues have been laid bare by the trade war. Regardless of any face-saving deal, the problems will not go away. China's reactions to three events in the past week appear increasingly unhinged and are likely to accelerate the ...

Most superannuation funds lost money in August on the back of the Australian stock market, falling around 2%. Our tactical funds all bucked the trend to increase in August on the back of our overweight bonds and heavily underweight Australian stocks holdings: