Posts about inflation

First COVID. Then the Ukraine war. Then tariffs. Now the Iranian war. Plus massive government deficits in many countries. At some point, the concern is that inflationary expectations are going to be permanently embedded into consumers' and workers' psyches. At that point central banks might need to ...

In this week’s podcast, Nucleus Wealth’s Chief Investment Officer, Damien Klassen, looks at why inflation is becoming an increasingly inevitable part of the outlook — breaking down how rising prices can erode portfolios, where the pressure is likely to hit first, and the practical steps investors ...

I’ve been watching Australia’s inflation story unfold with a mix of familiarity and unease. Each new data release feels like déjà vu: price pressures that refuse to cool, warnings from the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) that feel increasingly stern, and a sense that the path forward is narrowing ...

In this week’s podcast, Nucleus Wealth’s Chief Investment Officer, Damien Klassen, is joined by Leith Van Onselen to break down the Pacific’s growing inflation divide — why the U.S. Federal Reserve is edging toward cuts while the Reserve Bank of Australia is holding firm, what’s really driving the ...

US inflation is still pretty contained. There are lots of areas of concern, but the overall numbers look good given the environment.

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 looked through what worked in 2025, what didn't and where we are opening 2026.

The biggest narrative in world markets surrounds the US. On one hand, the US economy has been growing strongly, is resilient and has seen significant productivity growth.

In this week’s podcast, Nucleus Wealth’s Chief Investment Officer, Damien Klassen, and Chief Economist, Leith van Onselen, discussed the Reserve Bank of Australia’s interest rate cut and explore its impact on residential housing and the broader economy.

In this week’s podcast, Nucleus Wealth’s Chief Investment Officer, Damien Klassen, and special guest economist Cameron Murray unpacked the downsides of superannuation as a pension supplement—and explore the broader social issues it creates.

In this week’s podcast, Nucleus Wealth’s Chief Investment Officer, Damien Klassen, unpacked a range of easy-to-implement strategies—including salary sacrifice, after-tax contributions, spouse splits, recontribution tactics, and smart timing before 30 June—to help listeners retain more of their ...

In this week’s podcast, Nucleus Wealth’s Chief Investment Officer, Damien Klassen, and Chief Economist, Leith van Onselen, examined the economic impacts of Dutton vs Albanese vs a hung parliament. Did you need to position your portfolio ahead of the election?

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.