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It’s been a month of carnage.
The US and Israel escalated their confrontation with Iran into open kinetic conflict. Bombs, assassinations, and missile strikes that pierced

Opening Snapshot Global markets have had a very strong February. The US Federal Reserve stayed on hold at its late-January meeting, but the minutes made one thing clear. Policymakers are split on what comes next. Some are open to hikes if inflation refuses to cool. Others want cuts if disinflation returns. Even AI made its […]

Monthly Markets Update – January 2026 January kicked off the year with a strong and calm equity environment. Big themes worked, but not everything went along for the ride. Precious metals were off the charts with exuberance, while parts of tech cooled off again, and anything exposed to policy risk got slapped around. Volatility is […]

General Market Overview December has delivered an unusually quiet end to the year after a messy 12 months of twists and turns. After a year that tested patience, discipline, and conviction, markets chose to slow the pace rather than sprint into year-end. Following October’s highs and November’s rebound, December was about digestion. Profit-taking crept in. […]

General Market Overview After October’s sugar-rush, November delivered a reality check. Major equity indices drifted lower. In Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 (ASX:XJO) stood out for it’s weakness against global indices. The cause was a sudden uptick in inflation for the September quarter. The headline number came in an 3.2% annualised and the trimmed mean – […]

General Market Overview October flipped the switch back to optimism. After a shaky September, markets found their footing, led by falling yields, tech strength, and gold mania. By mid-month, the ASX 200 was back above 9,000, touching fresh record highs. The Fed whispering about rate cuts before Christmas has been fuel to the fire for […]

September kept investors on edge. August set records near 8,900 on the ASX200. Then the mood snapped. On 3rd September, the index fell 1.82 percent, about $57 billion gone in a day. Higher global bond yields, patchy earnings, stretched valuations. That was the mix. September is usually the soft spot for the ASX200. Earnings season […]