Nestegg podcast – Just how defensive is your portfolio really?
In this Nestegg podcast, Gopi Karunakaran speaks with host David Stratford about the current spotlight on the fixed income markets and the importance of a balanced portfolio.
Market Insights
Slow growth and low interest rates have become the consensus view
After fears of rising interest rates and bond market volatility rocked global markets last year, the consensus is now swinging back to the low economic growth / low interest rates narrative.
Webinar: Introducing ActiveX
Watch Ardea IM Portfolio Manager Gopi Karunakaran and Fidante Investment Specialist Sam Morris as they discuss the ActiveX Ardea Real Outcome Bond Fund (Managed Fund).
The forecasting crowd creates great opportunities for others
Sometimes opportunities arise because market participants cause pricing in a particular segment of the market to become highly skewed in one direction.
Credit is the Canary
Following last week’s meeting of the US Federal Reserve (FED), markets have become increasingly concerned that the FED is making a policy mistake in continuing to increase interest rates.
China risk goes beyond trade wars
The China economic slowdown story had been building behind the scenes long before markets decided to focus on trade hostilities with the US.
Commsec Executive Series
Tom Piotrowski speaks with Ardea IM’s Gopi Karunakaran regarding rising US interest rates, the outlook for Australian interest rates and the ActiveX Ardea Real Outcome Bond Fund (Managed Fund) (XARO).
Messy end to ’18 returns focus to fundamentals
Recently in the AFR, Tamar Hamlyn discusses how the past weeks and months have seen financial markets approaching the year-end period with decidedly less lustre than investors might like.
Interest rates matter … a lot
Even if you have no exposure to fixed income, interest rates still matter … a lot.
Bounds on the cross currency basis and why they have lessened
The cross currency basis arises when pricing in the foreign exchange market diverges from what interest rate differentials would imply. This divergence creates a small additional return above the domestic interest rate.