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SMSF darlings revealed

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2019
... question is whether the recent market downturn is simply a temporary pullback or the beginning of a long anticipated bear market," the report said. "Many have reacted by buying quality stocks that are often thought of as expensive, but which have been ...

Chief economist update: Trump tweets bull market back into China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2019
... piece is for yours truly to define what a bull market is but it'll have more gravitas by defining its opposite: "A bear market is a condition in which securities prices fall and widespread pessimism causes the stock market's downward spiral to ...

Chief economist update: A pretty portrait of an emerging market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2019
... I set out to investigate (fake news or not?). There's no point investigating China, we all know it's in a bear market and is still locking horns with America on trade. The second biggest loser in the Asian emerging market space - the ones that ...

Chief economist update: Another year over, a new one begins

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 JAN 2019
... equity markets produced negative returns and are at correction levels (China's Shanghai composite index is in a bear market) and global economic growth momentum peaked in February 2018 and has since then, slowed sharply. The volatility of 2018 has ...

Chief economist update: Is there a bear in there?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 DEC 2018
... Financial Review (AFR) and Bloomberg's now talking about the grizzly. "The S&P 600 small cap index fell into a bear market after closing 20.1 per cent below its August 31 peak, falling 1.6 per cent on the day [14 December]," according to the AFR. ...

Chief economist update: Cheaper oil greases wheels of growth

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2018
... also sanction countries importing oil from Iran. But as the saying goes, what goes up must come down. Oil is now in a bear market - WTI oil is down 21.2% from its nearest high (US$76.40/barrel on 3 October) to US$60.19/barrel and Brent oil is heading ...

Chief investment officer retires

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2018
... delivered over 20 years," Wilson said. Headlining his letter to investors, Wilson said the negative effects of any bear market will be significantly worse if Labor wins the next Federal election. He went as far to say a Labor government will result in ...

Retirement planning gets a recession check

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018
... Morgan Asset Management Australia's global market strategist Kerry Craig said the probability of a recession or a bear market remained low over the next 12 to 18 months, but if there is a recession, it would be "milder yet longer". Quantum Financial ...

Chief economist update: China's slowing fast

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2018
... its foreign exchange reserves have dwindled by 2.4% over the same period. The Shanghai composite index is now in a bear market, down 22.9% since the start of 2018 (and that includes the 2.6% jump recorded by the index last Friday). The risk here is the ...

Make sure you have cash: Geoff Wilson

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2018
Veteran investor Geoff Wilson says a bear market is inevitable and investors should check their cash holdings. WAM Capital is currently holding 29.2% in cash, WAM Leaders 14.6% and WAM Microcap 21.9%, the manager said in a conference call for media ...