Author Archive for: Lukasz de Pourbaix

Entries by Lukasz de Pourbaix

Investment Committee update

When the COVID-19 crisis hit financial markets, we decided to hold more frequent Investment Committee meetings and provide you with regular updates on our thoughts and discussions from a portfolio perspective. The following is a summary of the discussion and actions taken at our most recent meeting held on 7 April. As you know, Lonsec’s […]

Which consumer sectors will be hit hardest by coronavirus?

Household consumption accounts for 56% of Australia’s GDP, making it the main engine of growth for the economy. When households cut back, the economy suffers, with flow-on effects to business and government in the form of lower sales and taxation revenue. As consumers start making dramatic changes to their daily habits due to the coronavirus, […]

Beware the long tail of coronavirus risk

It has been a turbulent start to the year with Australia beginning the recovery process from the tragic bushfires followed by the threat of a global pandemic with cases of the coronavirus increasing across the globe. Despite these events markets did not flinch in January, with equity markets generating strong returns for the month as […]

What will markets bring in 2020?

Happy New Year and welcome back! It has been a tumultuous time for our country and our thoughts go out to those that have lost homes and loved ones due to the bushfires that have engulfed Australia. Calendar year 2019 saw most asset classes generate very strong returns with many delivering double-digits returns. Australian equities, […]

2019 ends with a ‘mini-cycle’

Markets continued their upward trajectory in November. When you look at the returns across key asset classes over the last 12 months most asset classes have generated double digit returns. Growth assets such as equities and listed real assets generated over 20% for the year ending 30 November, while bonds generated high single digit to […]

Risk on?

In recent years it seems that market sentiment is shifting more rapidly than ever. We saw this earlier this year when the US Federal Reserve flipped on its monetary stance from a tightening stance to a “let’s take pause and see how things pan out” position.  In August we saw the yield curve invert meaning […]

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