This period of a market driven by COVID-19 pandemic swings is no exception. The most asked question is “are we there yet … when should we start buying?”
In short the answer is “not yet”. While I agree wholeheartedly with the saying “never waste a good crisis”, I will be waiting on the sidelines until we see the volatility dissipate. You might reasonably ask: why wait?
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The Partners, Advisory Board and staff of Hamilton Wealth Partners are saddened with the passing of Michael.
Our inaugral Chairman until 2017, member of our Advisory Board, advisor, mentor and friend to our business since inception.
Our deepest sympathy to Fiona, Henry, Olivia, Isabelle and their families.
Yet earlier this week, the Dow Jones had its largest ever points gain of 1294 points, or 5.1 per cent, among a number of highly volatile sessions.
We do live in unprecedented times. I know the saying is “beware those words”, but let’s recognise that after this week’s cuts, Australian official interest rates and US rates are at historic lows.
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Cash deposit rates will now struggle to keep pace with inflation, instantly pushing investors into riskier investments.
Ironically, conservative investors who might have avoided the worst of the recent sharemarket drop by moving into cash will be among the first hit.
“This is the shape of the market now – it’s volatile and it’s actually been like this for more than a year … investors have opportunities in this atmosphere, but they have to accept the volatility,” said Will Hamilton of Hamilton Wealth Partners.
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The ASIC probe is part of its analysis of commissions, or “stamping fees”, paid by listed fund managers to stockbrokers and other financial advisers for selling newly-floated listed investment companies (LICs) and listed investment trusts (LITs) to mum and dad investors.
Several other high-profile fund managers and financial advisers have called for the government to fix the loophole, including Magellan Financial Group’s Hamish Douglass, PM Capital’s Paul Moore, Will Hamilton and Koda Capital’s Paul Heath.
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As a wealth manager, we have noticed an increase in prospective clients coming to us in these first weeks of 2020 asking us to consider ESG “do no harm” issues. These are focused around the environment when constructing portfolios. The level of inquiry has been quite noticeable.
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We have purchased physical gold for these clients and they have the additional cost of storage.
There is an alternative as dicussed in this article, where we are quoted.
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What about sustainability of markets this century? There were many times through the second decade of the 21st century that we heard about how “fragile” the recovery was — how “benign” growth is — or even “sell now as a sharp correction is around the corner”. Yet in reality, the opportunity cost of having held cash over an allocation to risk-based assets in line with your risk profile was costly during the 2010s.
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In a move set to send shockwaves through the financial services industry, Mr Frydenberg has directed Treasury to hold a four-week consultation on the merits of the commissions, known as “stamping fees”, paid by fund managers, for selling their newly floated listed investment entities.
Several high-profile fund managers and financial advisers have called for the government to fix the loophole, including Magellan Financial Group’s Hamish Douglass, PM Capital’s Paul Moore, Will Hamilton and Koda Capital’s Paul Heath.
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