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The strong rally in equity markets, both domestically and globally, appears to have lost steam as the progress on disinflation seems to have slowed particularly in the U.S. Inflation remains a key risk to investment markets in 2024. If the downward trend in inflation continues to stall, central banks are less likely to cut interest rates. This could have significant implications for company earnings and global economic growth in the second half of the year.

Can equity markets continue to move higher, then?

In this edition, Emmanuel Calligeris, Chair of the DWA Investment Committee, and Monik Kotecha, Chief Investment Officer of Insync Funds Management, offer their outlook on market valuations. They also touch on the U.S. fiscal deficit and its implications for global financial markets in the long term. Tune into this episode to hear their insights of recent equity market movements and the economic challenges faced by Australia.

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Welcome to the first Ground Control of 2024!

As we look back, 2023 ended with strong momentum, with both the equity and bond markets delivering solid returns. Just a few months ago, the investment landscape was fraught with concerns over "higher for longer" interest rates. With inflation on a downtrend, however, the spotlight has shifted towards the trajectory of rate cuts. Following a notable rally in both domestic and international equity markets as we enter 2024, we ask ourselves - what will be the forward paths of inflation and interest rates, company profits and market valuations.

In this edition, Emmanuel Calligeris, Chair of the DWA Investment Committee, and Grahame Evans, Director of DWA Managed Accounts, will offer their insights on the outlook for 2024. They will cover a variety of topics, including expected interest rate reductions in the U.S. and Australia; the economic implications of the U.S. election; Australia's vulnerability to global economic shifts – especially the potential impact of China's slowing growth; and India's rising significance as an economic powerhouse. We anticipate a stronger first half, followed by a more volatile second half.

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Good news regarding easing inflation, and bad economic news around slowing growth, continue to push share markets higher both overseas and domestically. This is a notable turnaround as more and more investors expect central banks to start cutting rates sooner than previously anticipated. Are we finally near the end to monetary policy tightening for this cycle? What is the outlook for inflation and interest rates in 2024? 

Tune into our final edition of Ground Control in 2023. In this episode, Emmanuel Calligeris, Chair of the DWA Investment Committee, and Grahame Evans, Director of DWA Managed Accounts, discuss key economic and market trends as we look ahead to 2024 and 2025. They also examine the impact of government policies on the housing market, particularly in Australia, discussing issues like foreign investment and the balance between immigration, job market needs, and housing availability. Emmanuel offers a balanced yet optimistic outlook for 2024, suggesting stabilising markets due to peaking inflation and declining interest rates.

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Recent weeks have witnessed a substantial rise in bond yields and a noticeable retreat in equity markets, raising concerns about the future path of company earnings and economic growth.

How much longer will interest rates stay elevated as economies transition from abnormally low interest rates to a more neutral setting? Why do bond yields continue to rise? How have rising bond yields affected the performance of growth assets?

In this video, Emmanuel Calligeris, Chair of the DWA Investment Committee, and Grahame Evans, Director of DWA Managed Accounts, delve into the effects of rising bond yields. Covering topics from debt and deficits in the U.S. to equity market valuation and to inflation and interest rates, their perspective offers a balanced outlook on the economic landscape, emphasising the importance of cautious optimism in the short term.

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August was another interesting month for markets as investors grappling with a higher for longer interest rate narrative from global central banks, softer economic data from Europe and worse-than-expected outlook of China. While the resilience of growth in the U.S. helps to support investor sentiment, the near-term outlook continues to present challenges.

In this video, Emmanuel Calligeris, Chair of the DWA Investment Committee, and Grahame Evans, Director of DWA Managed Accounts, talk to the economic development in various parts of the world as well as company earnings in both Australia and the U.S. Easing inflation pressures and the Federal Reserves' decision to leave interest rates on hold suggest that we are even closer to the end of the interest rate tightening cycle. However, with interest rates are likely to remain higher for longer whilst growth is slowing, do equity market valuations look expensive, fair, or cheap?

Tune in to this month's Ground Control as we share with you our views on investment markets from property to shares and to bonds.

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In our recent updates, we engaged in extensive discussions regarding interest rate rises, share market valuations, and long-term government bond yields in both Australia and the U.S. These discussions involved deep dives into topics such as inflation expectations, economic indicators, and global macroeconomic trends at that time.

As we look ahead, the near-term outlook continues to present challenges. In this video, Emmanuel Calligeris, Chair of the DWA Investment Committee, and Grahame Evans, Director of DWA Managed Accounts, talk about various risk factors that contribute to the current elevated market volatility.

Don’t miss out on this Ground Control. Discover why rising labour costs and slowing demand could pose challenges for company earnings and gain valuable perspective on the growth of Chinese economy as well as other investment opportunities in the emerging markets.

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The debt markets, often referred to as the bond markets, can be seen as the collective name given to all trades and issues of debt securities, in which Governments are usually the largest part. Governments typically issue bonds in order to raise capital to fund spending including ports, hospitals and roads. Businesses issue debt securities when they need to finance business expansion projects or maintain ongoing operations.

We have experienced one of the fastest interest rate tightening cycles in history, that has created uncertainties for consumers and businesses including banks that have lent and invested money that has not incurred an adequate return. The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank in the US and Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse in Europe exposed weakness following the interest rate increases. Debt markets seem to have painted a more dire outlook of global economic growth, whilst share markets seem to have held up fairly well.

In our April Ground Control, Andrew Papageorgiou, Managing Partner at Realm Investment House, Emmanuel Calligeris, Chair of the DWA Investment Committee, and Grahame Evans, Director of DWA Managed Accounts, had an in-depth discussion around debt markets. More importantly, has there been any disconnection between what has been priced in the debt markets and that of the equity markets? If so, what might be the implications for our investors and their investments?

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Market volatility persists as inflation remains uncomfortably high and interest rates to rise further. Regardless of how disciplined, investors sometimes act on emotion in a volatile market and make decisions that are susceptible to behavioural biases. We often panic and sell after market declines, and we often fear of missing out and buy after asset prices have increased.

In our March Ground Control, Emmanuel Calligeris, Chair of Investment Committee, and Grahame Evans, Director of DWA Managed Accounts, had in-depth discussion around share market valuations, inflation, and interest rate expectations. How have these movements impacted accumulators and retirees, and existing and new investors differently? More importantly, how could investors minimise the impact of poor investor behaviour while maximising the opportunity to achieve their long-term investment objectives?

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Welcome to episode 1 of our 2021 Ground Control Series! We invited Emmanuel Calligeris (Chairman of Investment Committee) to provide an update from an economic perspective especially discussion around interest rates remaining low, the impact of these interest rates and some of the bond issues that will possibly involve a move to some inflation. A great session and provides a good understanding for what to expect in the year 2021!

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Upon receiving the many feedback of our recent Success Days, we would like to provide you a client-friendly edition of the interview between Emmanuel Calligeris and Malcolm Palmer on investing in the Australian share market in a Covid-19 affected world.

In this video, Malcolm shared his insights of stock valuations in different sectors and industries, ranging from material and energy to travel, banking and healthcare. Emmanuel and Malcolm also discussed the many risk events in a market that is still dominant with uncertainties around economic recovery and geopolitical conflicts and how they will manifest themselves in performance of the share market in the long-run.

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In this episode we invite Kristen Lennis-Harvey – (General Manager of Retail Distribution in AIA Australia) to provide some insights around what is going on in the insurance world during these extraordinary times. Kristen talks about how COVID-19 has impacted life insurance and how it provides some analysis around the state of health of Australians. We all know lockdown has provided challenges around our physical activity and physical health, however we also consider the importance of mental health and how AIA are supporting people in this area. We discuss the benefits and challenges of working from home and where we think this may lead to in a future post COVID-19 world. We also consider what others are doing to avoid blending their work with personal life, how they get their energy levels up and avoid the pitfalls of feeling flat especially when their job requires motivating a team. 

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Our Ground Control sessions have been focused around the impacts of COVID-19 and the major oil shock on the markets. Now it’s time to start the conversation about recession and the road through recession. With the official confirmation from the treasurer that we are in recession, Emmanuel Calligeris unpacks the related issues we are now confronted with. What is the definition of this recession – should we be worried? Where will some of the opportunities rise from. How are our markets responding to this announcement of recession and how current world events such as our trade with China and the civil unrest in USA are impacting the economy. 

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The rollercoaster may have slowed down but there are likely to be many road-bumps along the way. Emmanuel Calligeris shares his insights into how companies will report in a Covid 19 environment , including such things as asset write-downs. He discusses the need to look for total return not dividends, the timing of when the stimulus will get to wallets and impacts on trade with other countries. He discusses the internal road-bumps such as the resumption of consumption and employment .

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This edition of Ground Control we have special guest Andrew Inwood from CoreData Research who provides some valuable insights based on the research CoreData have been doing. Specifically around the adviser sentiment, how are the advisers really feeling during these times of uncertainty…Positive? Optimistic or Pessimistic? Andrew also explains how client sentiment is travelling with a huge drop on 1st April, but what have the statistics shown thereafter?

Have you heard of the term “The Hammer and the dance”? The biggest question people are searching for is what happens in the second wave of the Corona Virus? We find out the relevance of the Hammer and the dance and explore the three potential scenarios of economic recovery that we are potentially faced with. 

Diving into the market and investor behaviour, Andrew reinforces that today’s financial world currently is going to be asymmetric, there is hard work involved in understanding what is happening right now. Communication is vital and Andrew introduces a post Jungian (Karl) Behavioural Framework and how you can use it to break down clients into 4 distinct behavioural segments. Understanding this, helps you to understand and communicate effectively during times where nervous tension is very much prevalent. 

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