18-10-2021
George Lucas, Raiz Group CEO
Last week, Wall Street stocks had their best week in nearly three months as they shrugged off a lengthy period of lacklustre trading on strong corporate earnings, which offset the markets nerves around inflation.
We all use power in our everyday lives. As global consumption and demand for power continue to rise, the world is trying to tackle climate change at the same time and move to greener, cleaner energy sources. Clean energy solutions include wind, solar, and even hydrogen. So where does hydrogen energy fit in the future of global energy?
Despite being a different asset type to equities, bond prices and bond yields can have an impact on the performance of equity indices and ETF prices. Seems strange, right? Not entirely.
Approximately $5.7 million worth of dividends are expected to be reinvested over the next couple of weeks!
05-10-2021
George Lucas, Raiz Group CEO
This week the focus is on the US where yields on bonds are rising (so the value of bonds is falling) and equity markets are not performing that well. The direction of the US equity and bond markets is leading the global market down even though Australia’s equity market did not fall as much in September as the S&P500.
The word “portfolio” is used regularly by financial media. But financial media has a way of making things sound more complicated than they are 😕 If you haven’t had a financial portfolio, or don’t yet know much about them, there is no need to be intimidated by them! A portfolio is just a term used to describe a collection of items or works. If it was an artist, a portfolio would be a collection of the artist’s work.
The word “risk” often gets a bad reputation. To some people risk is seen as a bad word because they associate it only to the negative connotations of down markets or loss. In business it is necessary to understand the risks so you can try to mitigate them.
21-09-2021
George Lucas, Raiz Group CEO
In Japan, the resignation of Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga at the start of September appears to have raised investors’ hopes that the country might see a renewed focus on the economic policies of his predecessor Shinzo Abe, such as further fiscal stimulus and structural reform.
Just like you can own a fraction of an ETF in your Raiz portfolio or Raiz Invest Super portfolio, you can own pieces of properties via Superestate, the super fund recently acquired by Raiz that looks to democratise investing in property.
The “S” word: Stagflation. It’s a term being increasingly used in financial media. Don’t worry, it’s not a rude “S” word 😅 It suggests that inflation globally could persist for some time, certainly longer than the US Federal Reserve would care to admit… But it is also describing a period of low global economic growth.
