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Australian Inflation Update

Today’s release of the latest official inflation data for Q4 2023 has been well received…

31 Jan 2024
Column
Santa Claus Rally: Unwrapping the Seasonal Phenomenon

As the holiday season approaches, investors and market enthusiasts turn their attention to a well-known…

14 Dec 2023
Column
ASX200 hits an all-time high

In a welcome sign of investor optimism and risk appetite, the ASX200 accumulation index (which…

14 Dec 2023
Column
Inflation Update

The latest monthly estimate of inflation for October has been released this morning, coming in…

29 Nov 2023
Education
Webinar – US Long Short Strategy

A detailed look at Rivkin's US Long Short Strategy.

22 Nov 2023
Column
The Importance of Remaining Invested

In recent years, the stock market often seems surrounded by a multitude of unsettling. From…

14 Nov 2023
Education
Webinar – FX Strategy

A detailed look at Rivkin's FX strategy.

10 Nov 2023
Column
Zweig Breadth Thurst

Technical and quantitative analysts often focus on “breadth thrusts” as buying signals. These thrusts come…

7 Nov 2023
Column
What Happens When the Fed Pauses?

With data in the United States, as well as signals from the Federal Reserve, it…

6 Nov 2023
Education
Australian Employment

September employment figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) showed softer growth than…

19 Oct 2023
Education
Shannon Rivkin: Update on 2023 Market Activity

During this discussion, Shannon Rivkin gives an overview of the recent market activity in the…

12 Oct 2023
Education
Outlook for Australian Interest Rates

The RBA has left interest rates unchanged at 4.1% in October 2023. This will be…

4 Oct 2023
Education
Alpha Portal Walkthrough

An introductory video explaining the key features of the CMC Alpha Portal.

25 Sep 2023
Education
Income and Franking Credits

Income in the context of shares, refers to periodic dividends, while franking credits are tax…

19 Sep 2023
Education
Capital Gains vs Income

In practice, it is uncommon for an investor to simply choose capital gains or income,…

19 Sep 2023
Webinar
Psychology of Successful Investing – Emotions, Biases, and Decision Making

In this webinar we explore the intricate relationship between human emotions, cognitive biases, and investment…

15 Sep 2023
Education
Understanding Share Buybacks

Income in the context of shares, refers to periodic dividends, while franking credits are tax…

16 Aug 2023
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The US Debt Ceiling explained

Portfolio Manager James Woods and Chief Investment Officer Shannon Rivkin discuss the upcoming US Debt…

11 May 2023
Column
Inflation and Interest rates

Inflation and interest rates have been the significant driver of equities since the beginning of…

29 Mar 2023
Advanced Analysis
Trade idea – Shorting Volatility

As the old adage goes, buy when others are fearful, sell when others a greedy,…

13 Mar 2023
Performance Methodology

The following performance methodology relates to our reported performance for the ASX Growth strategy.

21 Feb 2023
Education
RBA Rate Decision

At 2.30pm yesterday afternoon, the RBA shocked the market when it announced that it would…

8 Jun 2022
Education
Australian GDP

The Australian Bureau of Statistics released data for Australia’s GDP which shows GDP for March…

2 Jun 2022
Education
US Earnings Preview

U.S. companies are due to begin reporting Q1 2022 earnings in earnest on Thursday.

12 Apr 2022
Education
Reserve Bank of Australia Update- (RBA)

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will meet on Tuesday to discuss monetary policy, and…

4 Apr 2022
Education
Yield Curve Inversion

The yield curve reflects interest rates for bonds across a range of different maturity dates.

30 Mar 2022
Education
Loss Aversion

A long-held investing rule states that ‘the pain of losing money is greater than the…

21 Mar 2022
Education
Technical Analysis: SAR (Parabolic Stop and Reverse)

The Parabolic SAR is a technical indicator based on both price and time used to…

22 Feb 2022
Education
Technical Analysis: Trends and Trading Ranges

A trend exists when prices are either rising or falling over a certain period which…

1 Feb 2022
Education
Technical Analysis: Understanding the VIX (CBOE Volatility Index)

The Chicago Board of Options Exchange (CBOE) Volatility Index or “VIX” as it is commonly…

13 Dec 2021
Education
Technical Analysis: Bollinger Bands

Bollinger bands are volatility-based envelopes on either side of a moving average which highlight when…

3 Dec 2021
Education
Video – Technical Analysis: Relative Strength Index

The relative strength index (RSI) is a non-trending momentum indicator that measures the speed and…

1 Dec 2021
Education
Technical Analysis: Relative Strength Index

The relative strength index (RSI) is a non-trending momentum indicator that measures the speed and…

30 Nov 2021
Education
Understanding Off-market buybacks

Why companies pursue off-market buybacks and how the tax workings of these investments can be…

25 Aug 2021
Stock Analysis
Creating an investment portfolio

A portfolio approach provides one of the best ways for investors to achieve their investment…

1 Apr 2021
Education
Herding

The next phenomenon worth discussing is known as herding. Evolution has equipped humans with a…

28 Mar 2021
Education
Self-attribution and hindsight bias

The next cognitive biases we'll look at are known as self-attribution bias and hindsight bias.…

18 Jan 2021
Education
Representativeness

Remember, heuristics are essentially inbuilt short-cuts designed to make human decision making both easier and…

11 Jan 2021
Education
Availability Bias

The next cognitive bias we’ll look at is known as the availability bias. When confronted…

4 Jan 2021
Education
Drop the Anchor

The next decision-making error we’ll look at is a phenomenon known as anchoring, which all…

29 Dec 2020
Education
Picking Cherries

Yet another cognitive bias that can adversely influence our investing is something known as confirmation…

22 Dec 2020
Education
Framing

Last week we looked at loss aversion, which segues nicely into a discussion of the…

14 Dec 2020
Education
We Don’t Know What It Is That We Don’t Know

In continuing our discussion of the psychology of investing and cognitive bias, there can be…

30 Nov 2020
Education
Cognitive What?!?

As a psychologist with experience in the stock market, I believe I can comfortably say…

24 Nov 2020
Webinar
Webinar: Introduction to oscillator indicators

Join Rivkin's Global Investment Analyst James Woods during this 45 minute presentation on oscillator indicators.

30 Sep 2019
Webinar
Technical Analysis 101

During this webinar recording, James Woods provides an introduction to technical analysis.

30 Jul 2019
A.B.C.’s of Technical Analysis – Part 1

Join Rivkin's Global Investment Team, Oliver Gordon and James Woods in this one hour webinar…

1 Jul 2019