Markets were slightly weak in February, but then turned nastily down in March. We sold down stocks at the start of March - more detail below.
Elon Musk's association with the Trump Administration has contributed to the tanking of Tesla sales across the globe.
Alex Joiner, chief economist at IFM Investors, has published a series of charts illustrating the explosive growth in non-market (government-aligned) employment, which has pulled down the nation's productivity.
Goldman on the EUR rocket.
It has been a busy few weeks in geopolitics. Late last week, we changed our portfolio allocation to pull back on stocks in our tactical funds.
In this week's podcast, Nucleus Wealth's Chief Investment Officer, Damien Klassen checked in on house price affordability for Australians after the recent interest rate cuts.
The Market Ear with more.
The prospect of interest rate cuts from the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has engineered a rebound in Australian house prices.
Australia's inflation is falling. CBA forecasts that trimmed mean inflation will fall to 2.8% in January, within the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) 2% to 3% inflation target.
Trump has begun an unprecedented attack on the norms of US lawmaking. The scale and scope of the attack are significant and mostly unconstitutional. The two most likely outcomes are:
Tariffs, in an ever-evolving form, are front page of every business paper at the moment. Are they going to give cover for companies to push through another round of price increases?
Another big month for markets. Our international portfolio in particular performed much better than benchmark, up almost 5% for the month, while our growth portfolio was not far behind.
Justin Fabo from Antipodean Macro posted the following update on labour productivity across major advanced nations.
Australia's manufacturing sector has shrunk to just over 5% of GDP, the lowest share in the OECD.
It's a very big debate for asset allocators by very big people that I respect on both sides.
