Market review: playing the game

Risk made a comeback this week – and we don’t mean the perennially popular, seemingly never-ending board game. Rather, investors – who recoiled as volatility struck equity markets early in 2016 – returned in their…

Why gold is performing well right now

While cyclical assets and the oft-cited safe haven of the dollar have started to struggle the traditional ‘port in a storm’ asset of gold has started to reclaim its place as the ‘true safe haven’…

Tracking the market

How best to track the market Understandably, most investors assume that if a fund claims to track an index, their return will be exactly the same as the index. There are a number of reasons…

Big Picture Thoughts on Financial Markets

In an attempt to keep an open mind on the future outcome for the global economy and financial markets, we thought we would share some thoughts and see how they fit into the economic and…

Macri’s Momentum

On coming to power on December 10, Macri took control of a country that had experienced a decade of unorthodox macroeconomic management. The rule of first Nestor, then Cristina Kirchner, had created a number of…

Market review: A bite of the apple

Leading tech firm Apple Inc announced on Tuesday its fifth multi-billion dollar offering of corporate bonds since 2013. Likely inspired by low interest rates, the household name synonymous with smart technology issued $12 billion of…

The Concept of a Long Term Bear Market

We were initially going to have a bit of a rant about how Central Bank policies are not just ineffective at generating sustained economic growth, but how investors appear to be revolting against said policies…

What I’ve learned about investment trusts

A guest article by Neil Mumford, chartered financial planner. Neil Mumford, Chartered Financial Planner at Milestone Wealth Management Limited, put his own money into investment trusts for five years before recommending them to clients. He…