In this month’s market update, Kenneth Beanland and Louis Dooley analyse the strong performance of global markets, led by the U.S, with the Nasdaq up 34.5% and the S&P 500 up 28% year-to-date.

They discuss the surprising resilience of the Australian economy, sector highlights like financials and IT, and the emerging investment opportunities in global small-to-mid caps and real estate investment trusts (REITs).

With falling global interest rates and shifting capital flows, they also share insights on how these trends might shape market strategies for 2025.

In this month’s market update, our financial experts, Kenneth Beanland and Louis Dooley dive into the global financial landscape post-Trump’s vote.

They share insights on how the shift in U.S. leadership is affecting Australian industries, global stock markets, inflation, and the value of the Australian dollar. For more updates, tune in monthly for expert insights on the evolving economic outlook and what it means for your investments and business strategy.

In this episode of our In The Black Segment, co-hosts Louis Dooley & Jarred Brooks breakdown the investment committee's current tactical asset allocation positioning after considering the current turbulent investment landscape.

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In this episode of the Making Cents of it All podcast co-hosts Jarred Brooks and Louis Dooley dive into the world asset allocation and explain why it plays such a pivotal roll in portfolio construction.

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In this episode of our In The Black Segment, Louis is joined by Christopher Joye, Chief Investment Officer and Portfolio Manager at Coolabah Capital. Christopher is also a Contributing Editor with The Australian Financial Review and well-known as one of Australia’s leading economists, policy advisors and fund managers. 

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In this episode of our In The Black Segment, Louis is joined by Jamie Hannah, Deputy Head of Investments & Capital Markets at VanEck. Jamie provides some great information regarding investing in ETFs with a focus on the value of using smart-beta investment products. If you are looking for an alternative to the traditional direct equity portfolio composition but still want to have thepotential to beat the market, this episode is for you!

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In this episode of our In The Black Segment, Louis is joined by Anthony Doyle, Head of Investment Strategy at Firetrail Investments. Anthony provides some invaluable insights into the current macro environment with a more bullish tone than the market, identifies some opportunities being made available in light of elevated index concentration and pops the hood on Firetrail’s investment process.

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In this episode of our In The Black Segment, Louis is joined by Andrew Parsons, Founder and Chief Investment Officer at Resolution Capital, to discuss the current global property market and some of the opportunities available to investors. Andrew provides some great commentary into current property valuations as well as some invaluable insights into how resolution capital approach global real estate investing.

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In this episode, we are joined by Cameron Gleeson, Senior Investment Strategist at BetaShares to discuss the current macro-economic environment as well as a deep dive into fixed income. Cam provides some great insight into interest rate outlooks, asset class positioning and the current foreign exchange environment.

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In this episode we discuss the current property market environment with a focus on the Brisbane area.

Melinda and Scott Jennison Directors of Streamline Property Buyers, a Brisbane based boutique buyer’s agency, have an on the ground perspective of the property market and share their insights on what they are seeing playout and how the market may track into the back end of 2023 and beyond.

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