Rick Maggi

9 May 2024

Dividend Imputation, Dividends, Distributions, Franked Dividends, Income, Bonds, Fixed Income

Untangling yields: Lessons for income investors...

Rick Maggi

9 May 2024

Dividend Imputation, Dividends, Distributions, Franked Dividends, Income, Bonds, Fixed Income

Untangling yields: Lessons for income investors...

Interest rates may stay higher for longer - great for income investors, but how about share investors?

Rick Maggi

4 December 2023

Bonds, Westmount Financial, Betashares

Move carefully...

Rick Maggi

4 December 2023

Bonds, Westmount Financial, Betashares

this Monday’s market update from David Bassanese (Betashares) with a particular focus on the recent bond rally…

Rick Maggi

26 October 2023

Economics, Educational, Bonds, Shares, Property

5 constraints on growth...

Rick Maggi

26 October 2023

Economics, Educational, Bonds, Shares, Property

Five megatrends suggest higher medium term inflation pressures & lower economic growth than pre-pandemic…

Rick Maggi

16 October 2023

Bonds, Interest Rates, Westmount Financial, Wealth Accumulation

Have yields peaked?

Rick Maggi

16 October 2023

Bonds, Interest Rates, Westmount Financial, Wealth Accumulation

Today’s Monday update from David Bassanese…

Rick Maggi

10 October 2023

Bonds, Shares, Israel

1987 vs now - rising bond yields and the risks for shares...

Rick Maggi

10 October 2023

Bonds, Shares, Israel

1987 vs now - rising bond yields and the risks for shares...

AMP’s Dr Shane Oliver reviews the current state of play between bond yields and shares (and now the war in Israel)…

Rick Maggi

9 October 2023

Oil prices, Bonds, Israel

Oil concerns return...

Rick Maggi

9 October 2023

Oil prices, Bonds, Israel

Monday update from Betashares Economist David Bassanese…

Rick Maggi

16 September 2023

Bonds, Inflation, Wealth Accumulation

Can you lose money on bonds?

Rick Maggi

16 September 2023

Bonds, Inflation, Wealth Accumulation

With interest rates possibly peaking, bond/fixed interest investments appear to be making a comeback. So are bonds as safe as you might think?

Rick Maggi

17 August 2023

Bonds

A brighter outlook for bonds...

Rick Maggi

17 August 2023

Bonds

Bond investors shouldn’t let the recent past derail their long-term investment strategy…

Rick Maggi

7 December 2022

Inflation, Shares, Bonds

Inflation, stocks, and bonds...

Rick Maggi

7 December 2022

Inflation, Shares, Bonds

Has inflation broken the relationship between stocks and bonds?

Rick Maggi

14 July 2021

Bonds, Superannuation, Wealth Accumulation

Bonds 101...

Rick Maggi

14 July 2021

Bonds, Superannuation, Wealth Accumulation

There's been much commentary lately about bonds, but let's first start with the basics: what is a bond? And what is their role in a diversified portfolio?

Rick Maggi

26 March 2021

Bonds, Superannuation, Retirement, Investing

Why bonds still matter...

Rick Maggi

26 March 2021

Bonds, Superannuation, Retirement, Investing

There's been much discussion about recent events in the bond market both globally and in Australia, with even Warren Buffett weighing in on the topic, declaring that the fixed income market is not the place for investors to be these days…

Rick Maggi

13 April 2018

Bonds, Shares, Wealth Accumulation, Superannuation, Strategy

Shares & Bonds: The Risks & The Rewards

Rick Maggi

13 April 2018

Bonds, Shares, Wealth Accumulation, Superannuation, Strategy

A sell off in bonds and shares at the same time is not out of the question, but it’s likely funds are more prepared for this “double whammy” effect than they were in the 1990s, says Shane Oliver, AMP Capital’s Senior Economist...

Rick Maggi

6 February 2018

Bonds, Event Driven Update, Shares

Sharemarkets sell-off, finally...

Rick Maggi

6 February 2018

Bonds, Event Driven Update, Shares

The long overdue market correction in global equities seems to have finally become a reality. Over the last two days global (and local) sharemarkets have shed about 6%, wiping out all of January’s gains with possibly more short term pain to come over the next week...

Inflation: The risks to shares & property

The global risks to inflation and bond yields are finally shifting to the upside, with investment markets starting to take note as evident in the pullback in global share markets seen over the last few days. But how big is the risk? Are we on the brink of another bond crash that will engulf other assets like shares and property?

Income & Dividends: The search for yield

For some time now, the investment world has been characterised by a search for decent yield paying investments. This “search for yield” actually started last decade but was interrupted by the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) and the Eurozone debt crisis before resuming again in earnest...