26 November 2019 • By Mike Aked and Rob Arnott • 1 min read
On 30 September, six stocks, what we call the FANMAGs – the FANG stocks plus Apple and Microsoft – had a market capitalisation of approximately U...
READ MORESince the 2008 global financial crisis, the value investing style in Australia has underperformed to the extent that it has come to be regarded as “...
READ MORESince the 1980s, as communication costs decreased and new software and digital platforms emerged, companies could choose from a much wider universe of...
READ MOREGlobal IT spending – on software, devices, IT services and data centre systems – continues to grow at healthy rates. But one of the fastest-growin...
READ MOREWe have had the equivalent of a bull market in information technology spending, with global spending in IT above trend over the past few years. Ber...
READ MOREThe conversation about interest rates is over. “I worry that monetary policy generally has lost its potency,” acting NAB CEO Philip Chronican t...
READ MOREThe proposed “phase one” US-China trade deal is looking shaky following a speech by President Donald Trump at the New York Economic Club. Trade...
READ MOREFaced with potential headwinds for traditional equity/bond portfolios, asset owners have been on the hunt for alternative, uncorrelated sources of ret...
READ MOREAlthough it’s been more than a decade, the fallout from the global financial crisis (GFC) is still impacting banks in the way they raise and hold ca...
READ MORESeptember saw a sharp rotation to value on the back of a slight bump in US bond yields, driven by a change in sentiment towards the macro outlook. Thi...
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