Oliver’s Insights

Contrary to what would normally be suggested by the worst recession since the 1930’s, high unemployment, the worst riots since 1968 and the poor handling of the coronavirus pandemic Donald Trump performed very well in the US presidential election resulting…

Broad-based additional easing from the RBA As had been well flagged, the RBA announced significant further monetary easing at its November meeting. This entails: A cut in the cash rate, the Term Funding Facility rate (ie, the rate at which…

From the get-go back in March, as coronavirus lockdowns hit, there has been much debate about what this recession would be like: how deep and long would it be? Was it going to be a recession like those in decades…

Despite a 35% or so plunge in share markets earlier this year; on the back of the pandemic and rough patches in 2018, 2015 and 2011, well diversified Australian investors have seen pretty good returns over the last 10 years.…