We were contacted by the SMSF Association about Tim's recent "Self Managed or Self Mangled SMSF" report. They brought to our attention that we had inadvertently called into question the independence of the Rice Warner report.

The allure of having complete control over your financial future is very compelling, and becomes even more so in turbulent market periods, like the one we have seen in 2020. So it is understandable that 2020’s volatile markets combined with the opaqueness of many large super funds could have left ...

Hot off the presses; Nucleus Wealth's Head of Investments Damien Klassen was interviewed by Luke Housego in the AFR's 7 questions series.

Economic cycle background Ray Dalio has a series of explanatory videos that talk about debt cycles and in particular the contrast between a short debt cycle and a long debt cycle.

Investment markets have a host of both positive and negative factors fighting for supremacy. The real question is whether central banks and governments will engineer a continued suspension of capitalism. I was sceptical six months ago. I'm less sceptical now that capitalism will return anytime ...

I have a working theory that the September quarter earnings (Q3) coming out over the next few weeks are going to give excellent insight to the new normal.

We are proud to announce that Nucleus Wealth has again been named a finalist in the upcoming 2020 ifa Excellence Awards in the "Innovator of the Year - Company" category.

I wanted to talk about the Australian budget. I'm not seeing what the admirers are seeing. At first, I was worried that I'd missed something. But yesterday's dovish speech by Governor Lowe suggests the Reserve Bank are seeing exactly the same thing I am.

Your annual superannuation statement should have arrived recently, or be on its way any day now. We know that for many it can be a chore to manage your superannuation, but small changes now, can result in a big difference when you retire. Take 5 minutes to engage with your future financial ...

Markets move in cycles. The last 40 years have seen interest rates down from 20% to less than 1%, quietly fuelling a rise in bond returns over the same time. This has driven the return of the benchmark 60/40 portfolio (60% stocks and 40% government bonds).