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Investing in the Age of Discontent

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Wed 4 Feb 2026
Investing in the Age of Discontent
If you’re a news reader, you’re probably feeling like the world is engulfed in a crisis with no end date in sight. It sure feels like that as bad story after bad story is channelled toward news consumers around the world. Take your pick of which one that matters most. Trump’s latest offensive tweet, the housing shortage, the cost of living, the system, the list goes on.
Inside the Global Liquidity Machine: Why Money Supply Keeps Expanding

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Mon 2 Feb 2026
Inside the Global Liquidity Machine: Why Money Supply Keeps Expanding
You may have heard the term ‘rising money supply’ being bandied around as a key driver of global markets of late. It’s no exaggeration. If anything, most investors aren’t as aware of this market driver as they should be.
The Kind of Portfolio You Can Sleep Through a Market Crash With

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Sun 1 Feb 2026
The Kind of Portfolio You Can Sleep Through a Market Crash With
There’s a particular kind of calm that comes from watching your portfolio during a violent market sell-off and feeling nothing. No urge to act. No creeping sense that something is broken. Just the knowledge that what you own was designed to survive moments like this.
The Cheapest Commodity in the World Right Now

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Thu 29 Jan 2026
The Cheapest Commodity in the World Right Now
For most of financial history, oil has been the beating heart of the global economy as it has fuelled transport, industry, and economic growth. But in early 2026, oil may well hold a less impressive title: the cheapest major commodity in the world. It’s currently trading at a price that defies historical patterns and conventional market wisdom.
The Great Broadening Has Begun

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Thu 22 Jan 2026
The Great Broadening Has Begun
Are you tired of hearing about the Magnificent Seven being the only investment game in town? That would be understandable since it’s the narrative that’s dominated global equity markets for many years now. It’s been the same outside of the U.S., including here in Australia. The Magnificent Seven have been driving the global equity markets to new highs, and international participation has been rising accordingly.
The Megatrends Here to Stay

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Wed 14 Jan 2026
The Megatrends Here to Stay
Most of the world’s great investors are masters at identifying structural investment trends they can rely to drive their portfolio performance for decades rather than weeks. Whilst predicting the long term future is anything but easy, successfully identifying megatrends is likely to make your life as an investor a lot easier.
2026 Investment Markets Outlook: A Narrow but Navigable Pathway Upwards

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Mon 5 Jan 2026
2026 Investment Markets Outlook: A Narrow but Navigable Pathway Upwards
As the new year begins, the global economy is on a surprisingly resilient track, although the margin for policy error by governments and central bankers is narrow. With global inflation sticky but moderating and high developed-market government debt, central banks face an ever-finer line in their efforts to cut rates without reigniting inflation or destabilising bond markets.
Could 1929 Repeat as Per the New York Times Warning?

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Thu 4 Dec 2025
Could 1929 Repeat as Per the New York Times Warning?
The four most dangerous words in finance have always been it’s different this time. Financial history is littered with stories of incidents and eras when investors en masse genuinely believed it was different that time. Those were times when the crowd collectively gulped down the Kool-Aid and wanted seconds.
The U.S. vs the Rest of the World

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Wed 3 Dec 2025
The U.S. vs the Rest of the World
For more than a decade, it’s rarely been wrong to be long U.S. equities. The numbers are hard to argue with: the MSCI USA index has outperformed the MSCI World index by almost 50% over the past ten years. The longer term data is even more stark: U.S. stocks have risen from 30% of the MSCI World Index in the 1990s to 75% today. For all intents and purposes, U.S. stocks now dominate global equities.
The Innovation Game: China vs the U.S.

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Wed 19 Nov 2025
The Innovation Game: China vs the U.S.
It’s hardly a secret that the countries who win the technology war will dominate the global economy. The US economy is living proof that technology leadership is the route toward economic dominance. But they are not the only superpower with the ambition of technology-led global domination. China is also aiming for technology leadership in the same market segments, such as artificial intelligence, robotics, electric vehicles, and semiconductors.
A Concentration Problem: Why Australia’s Best Opportunities Now Lie Beyond the ASX 20

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Mon 10 Nov 2025
A Concentration Problem: Why Australia’s Best Opportunities Now Lie Beyond the ASX 20
Australia’s stock market has a concentration problem: the top ten companies in the ASX 200 account for 48% of the entire index, with three of the top six names being banks and representing over a quarter of the index. Commonwealth Bank alone represents 11.3% of ASX 200. Think about that for a moment. One bank represents over a ninth of the index of Australia’s two hundred largest companies.
Wired for Growth: How Infrastructure Became the Backbone of the AI Economy

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Mon 3 Nov 2025
Wired for Growth: How Infrastructure Became the Backbone of the AI Economy
With markets looking frothy, demand for defensive investments is rising. Global listed infrastructure is arguably one of the more compelling opportunities fit for these times. Not because it’s flashy or in vogue, but because data-networks, electricity grids, toll-roads and communication towers underpin the digital economy and the decarbonisation of global economy.

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