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US stock market offers worst returns for next decade
Stocks
US stock market offers worst returns for next decade
US stocks are due to deliver the worst returns to equity investors globally over the next 10 years.
Dan Kemp | 09 July 2018
Bond investors disappointed by economic forecasts
Markets
Bond investors disappointed by economic forecasts
Major geopolitical or financial surprises might reignite safe haven demand for fixed income, but macroeconomic currents continue to run against bonds.
Peter Gee | 27 June 2018
From FOMO to FONGO?
Stocks
From FOMO to FONGO?
This is not a time to be brave, Morningstar's Peter Warnes says in response to the US market sell-off, with more downside likely to develop over the...
Peter Warnes | 05 February 2018
Why is the Australian market underperforming?
Stocks
Why is the Australian market underperforming?
Until Canberra gets serious about national economic issues, the country is likely to remain in the global backwater and its financial markets will...
Peter Warnes | 24 January 2018
Why is the Australian market underperforming?
Stocks
Why is the Australian market underperforming?
Until Canberra gets serious about national economic issues, the country is likely to remain in the global backwater and its financial markets will...
Peter Warnes | 24 January 2018
The Federal Reserve about to be tested
Stocks
The Federal Reserve about to be tested
Runaway U.S. equity markets should bring the U.S. Federal Reserve and its new chairman Jerome Powell into the picture earlier than previously...
Peter Warnes | 18 January 2018
Bond yields will rise in 2018
Funds
Bond yields will rise in 2018
Good news for income investors--fixed income is going to pay a better rate of interest next year, says Morningstar's Peter Gee.
Peter Gee | 27 December 2017
Euro investment outlook brightens
Funds
Euro investment outlook brightens
The best economic growth in a decade and a tightening of the Franco-German axis at the heart of the 19-member euro zone will keep money flowing into...
Dhara Ranasinghe | 27 November 2017
Tax cuts, the bond market a mystery, and the Minsky moment
Stocks
Tax cuts, the bond market a mystery, and the Minsky moment
The race to the bottom in global company tax rates could have unforeseen consequences, Morningstar's Peter Warnes says.
Peter Warnes | 23 November 2017
Is the world economy on the mend?
Stocks
Is the world economy on the mend?
While an improving world economy should be positive for financial markets, major central banks may take away the punch bowl to prevent investors from...
Anthony Fensom | 02 November 2017