The following is an edited version of a letter sent to the independent and opposition senators
The Progressive Labour Party has successfully promoted itself and its policies on a series of myths. As ...
Week ending January 22, 2016
Last week was the first positive week of 2016 with the S&P Global 1200 up a modest 1.46 per cent and the US S&P 500 up 1.43 per cent. Year to date both indices are down —...
For the week ending January 15, 2016
For the first two weeks of the New Year, stocks are down around the world: the S&P Global 1200 Index was down 8.64 per cent; the S&P US 500 was down 8 per cent; wh...
For the year ending December 31, 2015
No firework celebrations are in order for global equities markets at the end of 2015. The S&P Global Stock Index was down 0.84 per cent on the year whilst the S&P...
For the week ending December 11, 2015
Intra-day moves in equities markets last week could be characterised as “see-saw” each day, but ending the week decidedly negative. For the five days to December ...
For the week ending December 4, 2015
The interplay of markets and central bank agendas created volatile moves in all financial assets during the week, both on the upside and downside, as market expect...
Week ending November 27, 2015
All eyes are on the Fed so the slew of US economic data that came out last week takes on considerable importance with respect to whether the Fed raises short-term interes...
For the week ending November 20, 2015
US markets led equities markets higher last week with the S&P 500 index up 3.27 per cent versus the S&P Global 1200, which was up 2.82 per cent — this despite ter...
Week ended November 13, 2015
Both the S&P Global 1200 and the S&P 500 (US) were lower last week — down 2.86 per cent and down 3.56 per cent respectively. For the S&P 500, this was the biggest drop sin...
Week ending November 6, 2015
Our strategy worked really well last week with the performance on the Global Equities fund about 150 basis points ahead of the S&P 1200 Global Index and the Dividend Incom...
