February marks the beginning of the reporting season, and for most companies, it will be their half-year report. Investors gain their first insight into how they have performed to date, as we dissect the key accounts being the Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss, and Cash Flow statements. There is however a growing belief that over […]
A series of unexpected events
For those ‘all weather’ investors who couldn’t help taking a moment from festivities and share the occasional glance at the market, you would have noticed some peculiar behaviour in January. It started on the morning of 3rd January (evening of the 2nd in the US). After market close one of the world’s leading brands and […]
The next Aussie IT Stars
Considerable attention has been shone on the FAANG stocks (Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix, Google (aka Alphabet)) overseas as their strong revenue expansion and burgeoning growth expectations have commanded much of the investment flow in the US. However, as the market begins to experience a mild pullback, these stocks have been subjected to recent selling pressure. […]
Banking on the banks
Leading into the latest bank reporting season, there were uncertainties that had many investors on edge such as the continued fallout from the Royal Commission, rising funding and operating costs and a possible looming property collapse. Particularly for retail investors seeking income via bank stocks for their SMSF. So how did they perform? We look […]
How to get used to share market volatility
Investors have been forewarned for some time that we are in the late stages of a bull cycle when risks are heightened for those with exposure to the share market. While the size of any pull back is unknown, one thing we do expect is increased share price volatility. Keeping things in perspective, 2017 saw […]
Are we seeing the behaviours of an imminent correction?
It’s been a great time to run a business, particularly one listed on the Australian Stock Exchange. A strong domestic and overseas economy, accommodative interest rates, easy access to capital, stable input costs and confident businesses and consumers have a gone a long way to fuelling the bull run our market has experienced. But now, […]