Clancy Yeates published an article in the Sydney Morning Herald to discuss why the typical super fund will fall by 5% so far this financial year. Australia’s sharemarket had been a relatively strong performer in the early part of this year, but since the start of June it has tumbled about 10%.
In this article for the ABC Rhiana Whitson discusses the buy now, pay later stocks such as Afterpay and Zip which have tumbled in response to the many problems the sector is facing. A perfect storm of rising interest rates, bad debts, a crowded marketplace and looming regulation has critics saying the glory days are over for the sector.
Tony Yoo published an article in The Motley Fool questioning whether now is the time to buy or is there more pain to come for investors? Tony draws on Roger’s thoughts.
In this article for Firstlinks Roger discusses how history provides a reasonable guide as to what to expect for equities after a recession and amid rising bond yields. Bond interest rates have an impact on the price of all long-duration assets. Typically, the early stage of rising bond yields reflects optimism about accelerating economic growth and improving business conditions.
Roger joined Philip Clark on ABC Nightlife to discuss whether an economic recession is on the cards. We can say that the COVID crisis created a once-in-a-generation economic crisis, which justified constant use of vast money printing and borrowing to get through it, but in truth we’ve had three major economic upsets in the space of 13 years.
Tony Yoo published an article in the Motley Fool to discuss two stocks that have seen their value plummet even though the underlying businesses have not changed and draws on Gary’s view that Symbio Holdings has been unjustly sold off.