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April: Global Markets Sell Off Extreme volatility gripped global markets in April as President Trump announced new tariff measures on a host of countries on Liberation Day. Markets rebounded strongly as trade tensions eased towards month end. Australian shares...

March: Uncertainty over US Tariffs Rising fears of a global recession impacted global financial markets over the month, news was dominated with the US placing 25% tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada and increasing tariffs on China. Australian Shares returned...

February: Tariffs, Uncertainty and Unrest February was a volatile month for global markets, with Trump's ever-changing policies on trade tariffs causing general market uncertainty and unrest. Australian Shares returned -3.8% over the month with the index retracing...

January: Strong Start to the Year All the talk was on the US leadership with Donald Trump taking office on the 20th of January and with the Chinese firm DeepSeek releasing a new chatbot artificial intelligence (AI) model. Australian shares returned +4.6% over the...

December: Markets Pullback Hawkish outlook from the Fed caused global financial markets to experience a pullback in December, ending a strong year on a subdued note. Australian Shares fell -3.2% over the month, with Real Estate -5.95%, Materials -4.5% and Information...

October: Major asset classes delivered mixed returns for the month of October. The best performing sectors were Global Shares (unhedged) and Global Small Companies (unhedged). The worst performing sectors were Global Listed Property (hedged). Australian shares fell...