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One Hundred Years of Solitude? (A follow up to 'Love in the time of COVID-19')
With a bit of luck, continued good behaviour, and the arrival of more medical equipment, we can see an end to isolation. From here-on, it might not be 100 days, let alone 100 years. People will be glad to be out and about and back to work....
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Trial and Error: What SARS-CoV-2 and COVID 19 Exit Planning have in common
The SARS-CoV-2 virus is the latest pandemic virus to have blighted us. The process of genetic trial and error created yet another exceptionally potent pathogen. As strong social distancing measures are clearly succeeding at 'flattening the...
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COVID-19: There Are No Monetarists in Foxholes
It is important to remember that markets have often faced great uncertainty about the future; sitting in 1932, your future was uncertain; in 1940 ahead of WW2; in the GFC lows of 2008. So the event changes, but the reaction path is...
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What Comes Next?
"Unprecedented" is a word that has slipped into our collective vocabulary largely unnoticed these last few weeks, but with good reason: much of what has played out in markets and in our day-to-day lives over the last month has no directly...
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How bad will the COVID-19 recession be?
EPIDEMICS - A NATURAL PART OF LIFE
If there were no quarantines, lockdowns, vaccines or cures, the COVID-19 epidemic would keep on spreading through the population until everyone susceptible to it had been infected. This was how...
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Presentation - Gyrostat Absolute Return Income Equity Fund
The Fund is designed for retiree income with protection, and to address sequencing risk. The distinctive features are 'hard' protection always in place and a track record of returns increasing with market volatility.
There is an...
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Love in the Time of COVID-19
Another brief update from Delft on what to do with your hard-earned savings. We are not epidemiologists so won't be pontificating on the myriad possibilities and uncertainties of the virus - mutations, complications and infections. We have...
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Finding Defensive Funds in a Disorderly World | Insync Fund Managers
Australian Fund Monitors' CEO, Chris Gosselin, speaks with Monik Kotecha, CEO of Insync Fund Managers. Monik is the Chief Investment Officer of both the Insync Global Capital Aware Fund and the Insync Global Quality Equity Fund and in this...
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COVID-19 | Analysis from Longview Economics
This article from Longview Economics contains a round-up of the latest developments relating to COVID-19. Given its potential for further significant impact on the global economy and markets, they have created this daily report with the...
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Finding Defensive Funds in a Disorderly World | Kardinia Capital
Continuing the theme of "Defensive Funds in a Disorderly World", Australian Fund Monitors' CEO, Chris Gosselin, speaks with Kristiaan Rehder, Portfolio Manager of the Bennelong Kardinia Absolute Return Fund. Kristiaan shares his views on...
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