Posts about Economy

China says its economy is growing at 5.2%, but falling prices and sluggish demand tell a very different story. Some are now calling it a “golden depression”—recession hidden by stimulus.

Tesla has finally, sort of, launched driverless cars. Waymo is doing 250,000 trips per week.

In this week’s podcast, Nucleus Wealth’s Chief Investment Officer Damien Klassen delve into the factors we are looking for to show that the market may have bottomed. What are the long-term valuation metrics and how should investors be thinking about them?

In this week’s podcast, we left the topic open with the view that Trump would probably say or do something big. And Trump delivered.

In this week’s podcast, Nucleus Wealth’s Chief Investment Officer, Damien Klassen and Chief Strategist, David Llewellyn-Smith, looked at what we know about Trump’s new tariffs, what they mean for the stock market and our thoughts on the market effect.

In this week’s podcast, Nucleus Wealth’s Chief Investment Officer Damien Klassen looked at earnings forecasts and which sectors are starting to see the effects of the chaos around policy making and tariffs.

Markets took a tumble this month. During downturns there are plenty of mistakes that investors make and things that they should be doing.

In this week's podcast, Nucleus Wealth's Chief Investment Officer Damien Klassen checked in on the market after recent large falls and discussed what to watch for going forward.

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.

The Australian dollar has been in freefall for a number of months but has rallied in recent days.

2025 has seen a huge rise in long term bond yields, causing ructions in the stock market.

In this week's podcast, Nucleus Wealth's Chief Investment Officer, Damien Klassen, looked at a range of different predictions for 2025 and assessed their likelihood and effect.

In this week's podcast, Nucleus Wealth's Chief Investment Officer, Damien Klassen, looked through the performance of stocks over 2024, what worked, what didn't and the lessons for 2025.

In this week's Special Christmas edition of the podcast, Nucleus Wealth's Chief Investment Officer, Damien Klassen, is joined by Chief Strategist, David Llewellyn-Smith, to discuss his biggest concern for 2025 and the economic danger it presents.

A stark divide has opened up between Australia and the rest of the world. Productivity is booming in many countries, it is busting in Australia.