Proving that no one has a Crystal Ball, economists and presidential pollsters alike are looking back on 2016 and wondering how they got it all so wrong. As AMP’s Chief Economist, Shane Oliver, recently noted, “2016 was perhaps remarkable for the things that many thought were obvious at the start of the year but did…

Every once in a while we hear investment suggestions that make us uneasy. It’s not that the suggestions are necessarily wrong or bad, more often than not they are based wholly in common sense. The problem is that the rules of common sense rarely ever apply to good investing.   AMP’s Chief Economist, Shane Oliver,…

As a country, we love property. Much of the “Aussie dream” involves owning a nice house on a quarter acre block of land. It’s also where we direct a lot of our investment money, with the hope that rental yields will help fund our retirements. Recently, there has been a lot of talk regarding the…

So Donald Trump will be the next President of the United States and to the surprise of many, the markets currently don’t look worse for it.  In fact, the markets have mostly recovered since its knee-jerk sell off as the election results unfolded.   As well, in the days since the election, Trump appears to…

America has voted, and in an extraordinary election upset Donald Trump has won the US presidential race.  So the question becomes: Now what?   Markets have been volatile, both in the lead up, and as a result of the election. We expect this to continue over the coming weeks amid speculation about his likely policy…

In a show of why it’s generally a good idea to invest with a buy and hold strategy in mind, the market has been making a rather impressive recovery since the Brexit triggered shock events throughout the world’s markets.   For the three months ending on September 30th, the All Ordinaries gained 5.3% to reach…