Maybe the coronavirus is part of the acceleration of new disease. After all, we only just got through Zika in 2015–16. There was the Ebola outbreak in 2014. Before that was MERS in 2012. Then H1N1 (swine flu) in 2009. And then there was SARS in 2002 and 2004.
World Market News - Latest Updates and Global Insights
World markets are so intertwined these days — what happens in one region of the financial markets can affect another halfway around the world.
New markets in the global space are emerging all the time. And the key to growing your wealth is looking outside the box. The world is truly your oyster.
Here’s how the world market is looking at the moment…
Is Gold a Commodity, an Investment or Money? — Gold Is a Chameleon
Is gold a commodity, an investment, or money?
The answer is…
Gold is a chameleon. It changes in response to the environment.
‘1984’ Has Come to China — The Suppression of Free Speech in China
I wrote about the importance of our right to protest late last year.
It came on the back of my 30-minute commute to the office turning into a 90-minute crawl.
COVID-19 Hit the Markets Hard — You Can’t Quarantine a Stock Market
You can’t quarantine a stock market, can you? So you’d expect the markets to struggle. But this week’s action was a little weird.
The Currency Bill 2019: How the Government Trampled on Your Freedom
f you ever needed an example of government overreach, today is it.
After two days of hearings in Sydney and Canberra…
The Coronavirus Portfolio
Fair warning: Today’s piece is long, but we think the current outbreak warrants an in-depth look at investing in this new environment. Even with the number of cases steadily rising, markets looked remarkably bullish over the last three weeks of trading. And then all of this changed.
