Money Matters Edition 4, 2021
Topics in this Edition (i) Tackling the gender gap (ii) Helping retirees build homes for life (iii) Why life & disability insurance is key to protecting families from ‘health poverty’ (iv) What does rising inflation mean for investors? (v) Equity
Market Review – November 2021
International Equities Hedged and Unhedged International equities exposures varied strongly across the month of November changing 3.65% and -1.56% respectively. After moving sharply higher at the beginning of November, fears regarding higher and longer than expected inflation, news on the
Market Review – October 2021
International share markets (unhedged) rose 1.65% in October. Fully hedged international shares rose 5.41% on the month signaling a strengthening AUD across the month. Within the United States, the S&P 500 continues to make new all-time highs as markets in
Market Review – September 2021
International share markets (unhedged) fell by -3.04% in September. The performance of hedged and unhedged shares is now fairly similar over longer time periods. However, with a weaker A$, unhedged shares are now outperforming hedged over the past 6 and
Money Matters Edition 3, 2021
Topics in this Edition (i) 3 Reasons not to be afraid of retirement (ii) Why Life Insurance is still a good deal (iii) How the pandemic changed the equity market (iv) Is buying a home the best investment you’ll ever
Market Review – August 2021
International share markets (unhedged) rose 3.09% in August. The performance of hedged and unhedged shares is now fairly similar over longer time periods. However, with a weaker A$, unhedged shares are now outperforming hedged over the past 6 and 12
Market Review – July 2021
International share markets (unhedged) rose by 4.1% in July. The weaker A$ helped with hedged international shares which did not benefit from the falling A$ only returning 1.8%. The US share market continues to edge higher. European shares also delivered
Market Review – June 2021
International share markets (hedged) rose by 2.1% in June. Movements in share markets over the month were largely driven by comments from members of the US Federal Reserve (Fed) about the timing of future interest rate hikes. Share markets initially
Money Matters Edition 2, 2021
Topics in this Edition….(i) Are you insuring away your Super ? (ii) As good as gold (iii)Lesson learned: Staying the course during a market crash…. Please Click here for more information
Market Review – May 2021
Australian and International Equities May was a volatile month for equity markets. Inflation worries caused a drop in the first half of the month with the ASX All Ords down -1.83% at one point. It then rebounded strongly in the
