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NZ OCR held steady at 5.50%, US CPI rises 0.4% m/m
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US ISM Manufacturing PMI records 50.3, Crude oil inventories rise to 3.2M barrels
Weekly Update | April 5, 2024 Let’s hop straight into five of the biggest developments…
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Japanese final GDP grew by 0.1% q/q, US CPI rose to 3.2% y/y
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Switzerland’s CPI soared to 0.6% m/m, Canada left interest rates unchanged at 5.00%
Weekly Update | March 8, 2024 Let’s hop straight into five of the biggest developments…
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US CB consumer confidence slumped to 106.7, Australia’s CPI held static at 3.4% y/y
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French flash services PMI rallied to 48.0, US flash manufacturing PMI surged to 51.5
Weekly Update | February 23, 2024 Let’s hop straight into five of the biggest developments…
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New Zealand inflation expectations eased to 2.5% q/q, Australia’s unemployment rate rose to 4.1%
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Chinese manufacturing PMI ticked up to 49.2, UK leaves interest rates unchanged at 5.25%
Weekly Update | February 02, 2024 Let’s hop straight into five of the biggest developments…
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German flash manufacturing PMI rose to 45.4, US advance GDP slumped to 3.5% q/q
Weekly Update | January 26, 2024 Let’s hop straight into five of the biggest developments…
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UK claimant count change rose to 11.8k, Chinese industrial production grew 6.8% y/y
Weekly Update | January 19, 2024 Let’s hop straight into five of the biggest developments…
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Switzerland CPI stagnant at 0.0% m/m, Australia’s CPI slumped to 4.3% y/y
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Canada’s median CPI flat at 3.4% y/y, US CB consumer confidence soared to 110.7
Weekly Update | December 22, 2023 Let’s hop straight into five of the biggest developments…
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Australia’s unemployment rate rose to 3.9%, UK maintained interest rates at 5.25%
Weekly Update | December 15, 2023 Let’s hop straight into five of the biggest developments…
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Australia left interest rates unchanged at 4.35%, US ISM services PMI soared to 52.7
Weekly Update | December 8, 2023 Let’s hop straight into five of the biggest developments…
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New Zealand held interest rates steady at 5.5%, US preliminary GDP soared 5.2% q/q
Weekly Update | December 1, 2023 Let’s hop straight into five of the biggest developments…
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US revised UoM consumer confidence grew to 61.3, Germany’s flash manufacturing PMI rose to 42.3
Weekly Update | November 24, 2023 Let’s hop straight into five of the biggest developments…
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Australia’s unemployment rate edged up to 3.7%, US retail sales fell – 0.1% m/m in October
Weekly Update | November 17, 2023 Let’s hop straight into five of the biggest developments…
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RBA hiked interest rates 0.25%, New Zealand inflation expectations q/q eased 2.76%
Weekly Update | November 10, 2023 Let’s hop straight into five of the biggest developments…
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Chinese manufacturing PMI fell to 49.5, New Zealand unemployment rate rose to 3.9%
Weekly Update | November 03, 2023 Let’s hop straight into five of the biggest developments…
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UK claimant count change soared 20.4k in Sept, Australia’s CPI y/y rose to 5.6%
Weekly Update | October 27, 2023 It has been a productive week in the Frame…
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Canadian CPI y/y fell to 3.7% in Sept, US retail sales m/m rose by 0.7%
Weekly Update | October 20, 2023 It has been a busy week in the Frame…
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Australian NAB business confidence static at 1, UK GDP m/m grew 0.2% in August
Weekly Update | October 13, 2023 It has been a productive week in the Frame…
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US manufacturing marginally ticked up to 49.0, Swiss CPI m/m slowed – 0.1% in September
Weekly Update | October 06, 2023 It has been a busy week in the Frame…
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Australian CPI rose 5.2% y/y, US final GDP grew 2.1% q/q
Weekly Update | September 29, 2023 Another choppy week for global equity markets. During the…
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US Federal Reserve held rates at 5.5%, Canadian median CPI y/y rose 4.1%
Weekly Update | September 23, 2023 What a choppy week for global financial markets. Our…
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US CPI y/y spikes to 3.7%, Australia’s unemployment rate held steady at 3.7%
Weekly Update | September 15, 2023 It has been a busy week in the Frame…
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RBA holds steady at 4.1%, Bank of Canada leaves rates 5%
Weekly Update | September 08, 2023 It has been a busy week in the Frame…
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US JOLTS declined sharply to 8.83m, Australian CPI y/y fell 4.9%
Weekly Update | September 01, 2023 It has been a busy week in the Frame…
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Chinese 1-y loan prime rate cut by 10 basis points, German PMI declined to 39.1
Weekly Update | August 18, 2023 It has been a productive week in the Frame…
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New Zealand held interest rates steady at 5.5%, UK annual CPI y/y fell to 6.8%
Weekly Update | August 18, 2023 It has been a productive week in the Frame…
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Chinese CPI y/y fell -0.3%, US core inflation m/m steady at 0.2%
Weekly Update | August 11, 2023 It has been a productive week in the Frame…
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Chinese manufacturing PMI rose marginally to 49.3, Bank of England hiked interest rates by 25 basis points
Weekly Update | August 04, 2023 It has been a productive week in the Frame…
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Germany’s PMI contracts to 38.1, US CB consumer confidence soars to 117
Weekly Update | July 28, 2023 It has been a productive week in the Frame…
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China’s GDP q/y grew at 6.3%, New Zealand CPI q/q rose 1.1% in Q2
Weekly Update | July 21, 2023 It has been another busy week in the Frame…
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New Zealand holds interest rates steady at 5.5%, Canada raised interest rates by 25 basis points to 5%
Weekly Update | July 14, 2023 It has been another busy week in the Frame…
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Swiss PMI m/m falls to 0.1%, US ADP Non-farm payroll surges to 491K
Weekly Update | July 07, 2023 If you’d like to watch, rather than read, please…
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Canadian trimmed CPI y/y falls to 3.8%, German Preliminary CPI m/m rose 0.3%
Weekly Update | June 30, 2023 If you’d like to watch, rather than read, please…
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UK CPI y/y persisted at 8.7%, Bank of England raised interest rates by 50 basis points
Weekly Update | June 23, 2023 If you’d like to watch, rather than read, please…
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US CPI y/y falls to 4.0% and US Federal funds rate held at 5.25%
Weekly Update | June 16, 2023 It has been another busy week in the Frame…
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German PMI falls to 42.9, British CPI beat forecast at 8.7%
Weekly Update | June 09, 2023 It has been another busy week in the Frame…
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Australian CPI shows a y/y increase of 6.8%, and German preliminary CPI m/m slumps to -0.1%
Weekly Update | June 02, 2023 It has been a busy week in the Frame…
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German flash manufacturing PMI falls to 42.9, and British CPI Y/Y beat forecast at 8.7%
Weekly Update | May 26, 2023 It has been a busy week in the Frame…
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Aussie unemployment at 3.7%, and Canadian inflation at 0.7% m/m
Weekly Update | May 18, 2023 It has been a busy week in the Frame…
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In the Frame - Issue 22 > In the Frame newsletter
In the Frame – Issue 22
In this issue, A message from Hue discusses the recent invasion of Ukraine, the wild…
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In the Frame - Issue 22 > A message from Hue
A message from Hue: What I saw in January 2023
January saw global share markets rise. The S&P and Russell 2000 rose by +6.18% and…
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In the Frame - Issue 21 > In the Frame newsletter
In the Frame – Issue 21
In this issue, A message from Hue discusses the recent invasion of Ukraine, the wild…
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In the Frame - Issue 21 > A message from Hue
A message from Hue: What I saw in November 2022
November ended with some significant trend reversals across all asset classes, as officials from the…
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In the Frame - Issue 21 > Market insights
Strategy in Focus – Equity Flow
When conducting strategy research and development, we like to think in terms of what the…
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In the Frame - Issue 20 > A message from Hue
A message from Hue: What I saw in September 2022
September saw the S&P / ASX 200 decline by -7.34%, which was the third month…
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In the Frame - Issue 20 > Market insights
How to Manage Your Investments During a Market Decline
Market downturns are painful to go through and are an unavoidable part of investing. The…
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In the Frame - Issue 20 > In the Frame newsletter
In the Frame – Issue 20
In this issue, A message from Hue discusses the recent invasion of Ukraine, the wild…
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In the Frame - Issue 19 > In the Frame newsletter
In the Frame – Issue 19
In this issue, A message from Hue discusses the recent invasion of Ukraine, the wild…
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In the Frame - Issue 19 > A message from Hue
A message from Hue: What I saw in August 2022
During August, global equity markets continued to be volatile. As the month drew to a…
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In the Frame - Issue 19 > Market insights
Commodity Market Analysis
One of the major benefits of analysing commodity markets, is that we can look at…
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In the Frame - Issue 18 > In the Frame newsletter
In the Frame – Issue 18
In this issue, A message from Hue discusses the recent invasion of Ukraine, the wild…
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In the Frame - Issue 18 > A message from Hue
A message from Hue: What I saw in July 2022
During July, global equity markets experienced a relief rally, as most global equity markets bounced…
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In the Frame - Issue 18 > Market insights
An Update on Interest Rate Markets
After the most recent FOMC meeting, we have seen numerous changes to forward probabilities within…
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In the Frame - Issue 17 > In the Frame newsletter
In the Frame – Issue 17
In this issue, A message from Hue discusses the recent invasion of Ukraine, the wild…
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In the Frame - Issue 17 > A message from Hue
A message from Hue: What I saw in June 2022
Once again, global share markets swung around on news of potential and realised rate increases,…
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In the Frame - Issue 17 > Market insights
An Update on Inflation
This market insight will provide readers with an update in charts on some of the…
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In the Frame - Issue 16 > A message from Hue
A message from Hue: What I saw in May 2022
What I saw in May 2022 The RBA increased interest rates by 25 basis points…
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In the Frame - Issue 16 > Market insights
2022 Theme Review: Underinvestment in Oil and Gas
At the start of the year, we published our annual Investment Themes Worth Backing document,…
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In the Frame - Issue 16 > In the Frame newsletter
In the Frame – Issue 16
In this issue, A message from Hue discusses the recent invasion of Ukraine, the wild…
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Market insights
Market Outlook – Q2 2022 Update
Since the start of the year, global financial markets have been in a tailspin. The…
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In the Frame - Issue 15 > In the Frame newsletter
In the Frame – Issue 15
In this issue, A message from Hue discusses the recent invasion of Ukraine, the wild…
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In the Frame - Issue 15 > A message from Hue
A message from Hue: What I saw in March 2022
What I saw in March 2022 March started with a continuation of the trend seen…
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In the Frame - Issue 15 > Market insights
How has the Russia-Ukraine war changed equity market themes?
Prior to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the focus for investors was the future path…
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In the Frame - Issue 14 > In the Frame newsletter
In the Frame – Issue 14
In this issue, A message from Hue discusses the recent invasion of Ukraine, the wild…
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In the Frame - Issue 14 > A message from Hue
A message from Hue: What I saw in February 2022
Coming into the month of February, most market participants had hoped for a month with…
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In the Frame - Issue 14 > Market insights
The Worst-case Scenario
Russia’s recent invasion of Ukraine has sent global financial markets into a tailspin. Volatility in…
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In the Frame - Issue 13 > In the Frame newsletter
In the Frame – Issue 13
In this issue, we cover Fund performance, the recent Iron Ore rebound, and the new…
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In the Frame - Issue 13 > A message from Hue
A message from Hue: What I saw in January 2022
2022 started off with a bang, global equity markets tumbled, as investors focused on the…
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In the Frame - Issue 13 > Market insights
Moving Averages: What are they and are they useful?
The moving average is one of the most popular technical indicators available to market participants.…
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In the Frame - Issue 12 > In the Frame newsletter
In the Frame – Issue 12
In this issue, we cover Fund performance, the recent Iron Ore rebound, and the new…
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In the Frame - Issue 12 > A message from Hue
A message from Hue: What I saw in December 2021
December was a month that was very typical of what had been seen over the…
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In the Frame - Issue 12 > Market insights
An interview with Hue Frame
This market insight is an interview with Hue Frame, Founder of Frame Funds. He answers…
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Market insights
Investment Themes 2021 Reviewed
2021 has been a roller coaster for markets with money flow aggressively rotating between different…
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In the Frame - Issue 11 > In the Frame newsletter
In the Frame – Issue 11
In this issue, we cover Fund performance, the recent Iron Ore rebound, and the new…
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In the Frame - Issue 11 > A message from Hue
A message from Hue: What I saw in November 2021
November could only be described as a wild month. Equity markets rose with low volatility…
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In the Frame - Issue 11 > Market insights
Taper Tantrum Take 2? Why it’s not likely to be the case.
With the Federal Reserve beginning to taper their asset purchases this month (December 2021), the…
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In the Frame - Issue 10 > In the Frame newsletter
In the Frame – Issue 10
Fund performance. Coal, Going, Going, Gone. Interest rates & Inflation.
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In the Frame - Issue 10 > A message from Hue
A message from Hue: What I saw in October 21
October saw global equity markets recover from the slump we saw in September. The S&P…
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In the Frame - Issue 10 > Market insights
Inflation and Interest Rates
In our 2019 market insight titled ‘Federal Funds Rate projections. They expect what???’, we covered…
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In the Frame – Issue 9
Fund performance. Iron ore miner sell-off. Which is our preferred investment within the iron ore…
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In the Frame - Issue 9 > A message from Hue
A message from Hue: What I saw in September 21
September saw global equity markets sold off aggressively due to a combination of factors. The…
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In the Frame - Issue 9 > Market insights
Systematic Strategies
This is one of the first questions people ask when they are looking to participate…
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Market insights
Part 5 – Bringing It Together
This article is Part Five and the final instalment of our ‘Investing – An Alternative Approach’…
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Market insights
Part 4 – Discretionary Investing
This article is Part Four of our ‘Investing – An Alternative Approach’ miniseries. The series…
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Part 3 – Systematic Strategies
This article is Part Three of our ‘Investing – An Alternative Approach’ miniseries. The series…
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In the Frame – Issue 8
Fund performance. Stocks in play. Our newest investment within the Frame Long Short Australian Equity…
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In the Frame - Issue 8 > A message from Hue
A message from Hue: What I saw in August 21
August saw the 11th consecutive month of positive performance for the S&P/ASX 200. It was…
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In the Frame - Issue 8 > Market insights
Part 1 – The Problem With the Index
This article is Part One of our ‘Investing – An Alternative Approach’ miniseries. The series…
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In the Frame - Issue 8 > Market insights
Part 2 – Bad Decisions and How We Stop Them
This article is Part Two of our ‘Investing – An Alternative Approach’ miniseries. The series…
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In the Frame – Issue 7
Fund performance. COVID-19 Delta Strain. China & Hong Kong. What is happening over there.
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In the Frame - Issue 7 > A message from Hue
A message from Hue: What I saw in July 21
In a continuation from prior months, July saw an expansion of volatility but major markets…
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In the Frame - Issue 7 > Market insights
COVID-19 Delta Variant
Over the last few months, we have seen the focus of the world’s media shift…
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In the Frame – Issue 6
Reporting season positioning. US Dollar Strength. Which ASX listed companies may benefit.
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In the Frame - Issue 6 > A message from Hue
A message from Hue: What I saw in June 21
Global equity markets continued to grind higher in June, with tech stocks rotating back into…
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In the Frame - Issue 6 > Market insights
The rise of the United States Dollar
Implications The US Dollar (USD) is the most influential currency on earth and its relative…
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In the Frame – Issue 5
Continuing to thrive. How our strategies performed during May. Cannabis stocks in play. Which ASX…
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In the Frame - Issue 5 > A message from Hue
A message from Hue: What I saw in May 21
May saw most global equity markets rise. The S&P/ASX 200 put in a solid month…
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In the Frame - Issue 5 > Market insights
The cannabis theme, currently up in smoke
The cannabis theme first caught our attention in December, when a United Nations (UN) commission…
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In the Frame – Issue 4
Rebound & consolidation. How our strategies performed during April. Technology adoption rates. Which companies have…
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In the Frame – Issue 4 > A message from Hue
A message from Hue: What I saw in April 21
April saw global equity markets rebound strongly. Fixed income markets consolidated, which alleviated some investor…
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In the Frame – Issue 4 > Market insights
Tech adoption, structural or temporary?
The COVID-19 pandemic bought on an onslaught of panic selling in financial markets, followed by…
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In The Frame – Issue 3
Electric Vehicles. How our strategies performed during March. Which listed lithium companies look promising.
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In the Frame – Issue 3 > A message from Hue
A message from Hue: What I saw in March 21
March could only be described as the month of rotation. There was large divergence between…
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In the Frame – Issue 3 > Market insights
Where to next for the Electric Vehicle theme?
One of the themes we have been covering extensively for the last 18 months is…
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In The Frame – Issue 2
Taper tantrum 2021. How our strategies performed during February & What a rise of inflation…
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In the Frame – Issue 2 > A message from Hue
A message from Hue: What I saw in February 21
Over February, most global equity markets rallied, however were choppy over the course of the…
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In the Frame – Issue 2 > Market insights
Investment Themes 2021 Revisited – Part 2.
Over the last few weeks investors have been fixated on rising yields in fixed income…
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In The Frame – Issue 1
Reflating the economy. Where to invest as the global economy recovers & commodities boom creates…
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In the Frame – Issue 1 > A message from Hue
A message from Hue: What I saw in January 21
Global equity markets started the year very positively. Equity markets rose across the world as…
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In the Frame – Issue 1 > Market insights
Reflating the global economy
In our article ‘Investment Themes 2021’ released in December, we identified the ‘reflation trade’ as…
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Investment Themes 2021 revisited – Part 1.
Over the next six months, we will provide monthly updates on our ‘Investment Themes 2021’…
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Investment themes worth backing in 2021
THEME 1 Reflate the economy As share markets crashed across the globe in March and…
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Battery metals poised for another big year in 2021
At the beginning of the year, we identified rare earth elements and battery metals as…
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Economic impact of a vaccine
With multiple companies making progress in the vaccine space, we have begun to envisage a…
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2020 US Election
With the United States Election just around the corner, investors around the world are weighing…
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Rare earth elements update
In January 2020, we published an article titled “2020 Investment Themes & Opportunities”. The fifth…
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A repeat of the GFC
Following on from our latest article ‘2020 Investment Themes & Opportunities’, we identified a number…
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2020 Investment Themes & Opportunities
At the start of each calendar year, we like to take the time to identify…
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2019 Review
Picture this, the week before Christmas 2018. The S&P 500 has just had the worst…
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Equity melt-up
Over the last 18 months, we have experienced a draw-down of greater than 20% on…
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Circle of Control & Investment Strategy
The concept behind the circle of influence and control is simple. What is within the…
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Multiple Strategies
The Frame Futures Fund runs two portfolios. They are called the Core and Trading strategies.…
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Federal Funds Rate projections. They expect what???
Following on from the article we wrote in December 2018, ‘Outlook 2019’, we outlined four key…
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Interest Rates & Equity Valuations
Are equities currently expensive and is now a good time to invest? We have been…
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Trade war impacts
The most discussed topic of the last 18 months is by far the trade war…
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Outlook 2019 Reviewed
In December 2018, we produced ‘Outlook 2019’ which attempted to outline the key themes we…
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Humans vs Machines or Humans & Machines
We consider three different investment managers that vary by dependence on the level of quantitative…
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Aussie gold miners & the global economy
Historically, during times of monetary policy uncertainty, we have seen gold rise. This is primarily…
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The Economist vs the Money Manager
Following on from our article in November 2018 ‘A tired Bull, an awakened Bear’, financial…
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John Bogle & Index Investing
With the founding father of index investing passing away recently, we reflect on the legacy…
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Outlook, 2019
2018 has been the year of swinging sentiment. Markets experienced extreme optimism (January), to extreme…
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A tired Bull, an awakened Bear
October was a damaging month for global equity markets. Not purely based off the percentage…
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Sanctions, Trump and Shortages
Market commentators and traders are increasingly discussing the strength of Oil and whether we will…
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Emerging Market Anguish
Since the start of the year, the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (EEM) has declined…
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