Investor Education: How to better understand economic indicators
An economic indicator is a statistic about economic activity. Together, a range of economic indicators help paint a picture of how the Australian economy is performing and assists with predictions of...
View ArticleYour Money. Your Call: What is Northward Capital?
John Moore from Northward Capital explains to NAB’s Mark Todd the “sleep at night” factor his senior investment professionals offer, with their extensive experience across portfolio management,...
View ArticleYour Money, Your Call: How to find a fund manager
NAB’s Mark Todd asks John Moore, Northward Capital, to explain what to look out for when searching for a fund manager. More from NAB: Your Money. Your Call: What is Northward Capital? Monthly...
View ArticleMonthly Financial Markets Update – December 2014
Global equity markets extended the October sharp rally through November with the MSCI World equity index 2.9% higher. Gains were broadly based in Europe, Japan and the United States. Following further...
View ArticleYour asset allocation guide – December 2014
International oil prices declined 30% during October and November. Part of the decline was due to OPEC’s decision to maintain current production levels and create oil price instability, which appears...
View ArticleYour Money, Your Call: Will the herd run to exit the carry trade?
In this episode of Your Money, Your Call, NAB’s Director of Fixed Income, Mark Todd, is joined by Ken Hyman (Antares) and Francesco De Stradis (Ord Minnett), to consider whether the market will see...
View ArticleYour Money, Your Call: Why has the Federal Reserve lifted interest rates and...
In this episode of Your Money, Your Call, NAB’s Director of Fixed Income, Mark Todd, is joined by Ken Hyman (Antares) and Francesco De Stradis (Ord Minnett) to discuss the Federal Open Market...
View ArticleMonthly Financial Markets Update – February 2015
The start of the New Year was a rocky period for global shares markets which fell before recovering to finish January down 0.5%. Markets were spooked by lower oil prices and uncertainty around the...
View ArticleYour asset allocation guide – February 2015
2014 was another strong year for international shares which delivered a 15% return in Australian Dollar terms (assuming no currency hedging). Although part of the return from international shares was...
View ArticleInvestment Strategy: Learning from past mistakes
By Sally Campbell, Executive Director, JBWere Financial commentators love to suggest investors are all incapable, or at least unwilling to learn from past mistakes. We have repeatedly seen investors...
View ArticleYour Money, Your Call: How to get return in a low yield environment
In this episode of Your Money, Your Call, NAB’s Director of Fixed Income, Mark Todd, is joined by Steve Goldman from Kapstream and Adam Goldstien from Skeggs Goldstein to discuss how diversifying...
View ArticleYour Money, Your Call: The Federal Reserve and the global economy
In this episode of Your Money, Your Call, NAB’s Director of Fixed Income, Mark Todd, is joined by Steve Goldman from Kapstream and Adam Goldstein from Skeggs Goldstein to chat about the global economy...
View ArticleYour asset allocation guide – March 2015
During February, the German government issued €3.3 billion of five-year bonds at a yield of -0.08%; the first time ever that they have sold five-year bonds at negative rates. This means investors are...
View ArticleInvestment Strategy: Back to the future?
By Sally Campbell, Executive Director, JBWere Back to the Future was the first thing that came to mind when I read that Australian fund manager, Magellan, is set to launch an actively-managed Exchange...
View ArticleMonthly Financial Markets Update – March, 2015
Global equities markets rose a healthy 5.9% in February, buoyed by the resolution of Greek debt negotiations. The US and German equities markets reached fresh record highs while bond yields in many...
View ArticleYour Money, Your Call: The success of Europe
In this episode of Your Money, Your Call, NAB’s Director of Fixed Income, Mark Todd, speaks with Tano Pelosi from Antares and Matthew Johnson from UBS about inflation and interest rates in Europe,...
View ArticleYour Money, Your Call: Are we in a yield bubble?
In this episode of Your Money, Your Call, NAB’s Director of Fixed Income, Mark Todd, is joined by John Pearce from UniSuper and Nick Bishop from Aberdeen to discuss where rates are headed, equities...
View ArticleYour asset allocation guide – April 2015
Decisions to change asset allocation weightings are not always easy. Knowing when to reduce the proportion of equities in a portfolio and when to increase exposure to other asset classes such as...
View ArticleInvestment Strategy: How to action an ethical investment strategy
By Sally Campbell, Executive Director, JBWere Ethical investing or Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) describes a strategy which combines an investor’s intention to maximise both financial return and...
View ArticleMonthly Financial Markets Update – April 2015
After rising strongly in February, global equities lost 0.4% in March due to a 1.6% decline in the US equities market. So what happened in the major economies in March? During March, we saw some US...
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