Nucleus Research and Insights

The definition of luck is just the combination of preparation and opportunity. When it comes to financial markets, it is easy to look back on historical charts, pick a low point and say, “If only I had the funds available on this particular day, I would have picked up the bargain of a lifetime and ...

Did you know that Baby Boomers are far more likely to excluded vices from their investments than Millennials? Or that both generations are equally likely to exclude War and Climate Change contributors?

“Life expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables smelled as good as bacon” is a quote attributed to American columnist Doug Larson and is a friendly place to start on the touchy topic of mortality.

In today’s investment webinar, Nucleus Wealth’s Chief Strategist David Llewellyn Smith, Head of Investments Damien Klassen, and Head of Advice Tim Fuller discuss why it’s time to move assets offshore Following the Great Pandemic of 2020, the global economy is entering a robust recovery. This new ...

In this episode of Nucleus Wealth Empower, Nucleus Wealth’s Head of Operations Shelley George is joined by our Head of Investments Damien Klassen to explore the bad news is good news narrative that ran for much of 2020. That being, when bad economic news is delivered, it's actually good news; ...

The Q1 2021 reporting season is in full swing in the US, Europe and Japan and profits are booming.

Today we turn our eye back to Australian property as low interest rates has fuelled a marked surge in demand as the economy rebuilds post pandemic. What has emerged however, is a two speed house price boom. With a superb run up in prices of suburban houses, as space and isolation are sought, prices ...

In today’s investment webinar, Nucleus Wealth’s Chief Economist Leith van Onselen, Head of Investments Damien Klassen, and Head of Advice Tim Fuller are joined by property buyers advocate Catherine Cashmore to get an on the ground look at Australia’s housing boom. After a tumultuous 2020, that saw ...

In this episode of Nucleus Wealth Empower, Nucleus Wealth’s Head of Operations Shelley George is joined by our Head of Investments Damien Klassen to unpack our monthly investment performance reports Empowering you to develop money and investing as tools for living your fullest life. Links: View the ...

The stock market tends to be driven by narrative. For much of last year, the narrative was that bad news was good news. Bad economic news meant bond yields fell and inflation expectations cratered. However, it also meant more central bank intervention. Growth stocks boomed. In a time of no growth, ...

With vaccine clotting issues causing delays to rollout worldwide, Nucleus Wealth's Chief Strategist David Llewellyn Smith, Head of Investments Damien Klassen, senior analyst Radek Zeleny, Head of Advice Tim Fuller the investment team investigate if this be catalyst for a stock market stumble ...

March was a month for value stocks to shine. Global markets boomed, up 5% and Australian markets rose 2.4%. We had positioned our portfolios for a rise in bond yields and a rotation to value stocks and so our portfolios outperformed benchmarks. Our asset allocation portfolios all rose as well, our ...