Nucleus Research and Insights

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Via The Australian:

Correlation doesn't equal causation. But sometimes it does. I would like to know whether the board of Macquarie are Freakonomics listeners or just unwitting participants in a glass cliff experiment - Australian edition.

Join Leith Van Onselen, Damien Klassen and Tim Fuller having a look at the Australian Labour market as it stands today. Whats the state of play? Where is the labour market trending in Australia? Do we have a new employment boom on our hands? Tactics used at Nucleus Wealth to position portfolios for ...

Vested interests are everywhere, chipping away at the moral fibre of politicians, tilting taxes in their favour and diverting resources. In a more diversified economy, the vested interests compete with each other for government favours - a waste of money I'm sure, but there is some benefit in that ...

A fascinating story of David v. Goliath has emerged in REST super member, Mark McVeigh taking the $50 billion superannuation fund to Federal Court after some frustrated attempts to find out what the fund is doing to protect his retirement savings from the risks of climate change.

ASIC's report into fees and costs has landed, just as our own superannuation solution nears release to our clients. It largely supports our experience in developing our new superannuation solution - the fee comparisons in most PDS's are a nightmare.

This episode of Nucleus Insights Economist Leith Van Onselen and Strategist David Llewellyn-Smith join, Damien Klassen and Tim Fuller as they deconstruct the Australian Housing Market. - The Boom and Bust of Australia's favourite dinner topic, Housing. - Bust and Boom Locations. - Current snapshot ...

I belatedly found this slide deck from a GMO presentation from earlier in the year talking about climate change and investing at the LSE: http://www.lse.ac.uk/GranthamInstitute/news/the-mythical-peril-of-divesting-from-fossil-fuels/

This afternoon on Nucleus Insights, Good Defence is the Best Offence will have David Llewellyn-Smith, Damien Klassen and Tim Fuller taking a swing at market strategies. -Can volatility be viewed as a whole or a sum of many parts? -How stock selection can help insulate a portfolio in volatile times ...

Good breakdown by Credit Suisse (via the Wall Street Journal) on where the US earnings growth is coming from:

The shoe is on the other foot for a change with a Chinese company (recently listed Contemporary Amperex Technology - the world's largest EV battery manufacturer) announcing a new factory in Germany yesterday. From Bloomberg:

June continued to see positive returns across our portfolios, our Australian fund was up 2.3%, International up 1.3% and the tactical funds up between 0.3% and 0.9%. These returns were supported by a fall in the Australian dollar, which added significantly to performance in June.