Original article by Korea Times https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/biz/2020/03/513_286290.html Published By Park Jae-hyuk – Korea Times Reporter Solomons Group managing partner Johnny Shin, 32, lives up to his favorite William Pollard quote, “The arrogance of success is to think that what you did yesterday will be sufficient for tomorrow.” The private wealth adviser, who also has a Korean...Read More

If you blinked in late March, you may have missed it. But that was the time when global equity markets, having fallen by more than 35 per cent since mid-February amid the rapid spread of COVID-19, started to reclaim lost ground. To be more precise, the exact day in Australia was Tuesday, March 24. After...Read More

In his book The Little Book of Common Sense Investing, Vanguard founder Jack Bogle included a very apt quote from Warren Buffet on the matter of market timing. And that is, “for investors as a whole, returns decrease as motion increases”. In recent times, this seems to be more pertinent than ever. ASIC last week published...Read More

Australian shareholders are set to reap around $27.5 billion in interim company dividends over the next two months, courtesy of the latest corporate earnings season. Those dividend flows will be very welcome to many investors during some of the most volatile market trading conditions on record, and following another cut to official interest rates last...Read More

The coronavirus pandemic is having profound effects on Australian families, communities, businesses, the financial markets and the global economy. Many people have lost their jobs and there is much uncertainty around the depth and duration of the current crisis. Governments and policymakers across the globe have announced unprecedented fiscal and monetary packages to provide some...Read More

Imagine a person of prime working age (~40 years old) seeking investment advice for long-term financial security, and ultimately, a comfortable retirement. The potential investment advice may look something like this: Invest in long-term growth assets, like equitiesAvoid currency risk and favour domestic asset allocationChoose a low-cost index fundDon’t look at the returns on a...Read More

Since the news of the coronavirus broke, the human impact globally has been significant and continues to rise. The outbreak and the potential threat of a pandemic has understandably generated strong responses in financial markets as new information is priced into risk assessments., as investors continue to evaluate the uncertain outlook and increasing impacts of...Read More

Since the beginning of this year, financial markets and expectations have turned decidedly bearish. Concerns about a Sino-US trade war, along with the so-called ‘inversion’ of the US yield curve, have heightened apprehension of a US-led recession. This is highlighted by the recent increase in negative-yielding bonds. The amount of global bonds with a negative...Read More