by Cameron Rae | 27 Jan, 2016 | Economic Weekly, Laminar Capital, Laminar Economist Stephen Roberts
Global economic readings continued to run on balance softer than widely expected through much of January adding to concerns about a potential global economic slowdown in 2016. Weaker commodity prices, including the price of oil down to a 12-year low at one point, and...
by Cameron Rae | 27 Jan, 2016 | Laminar Capital, Laminar Economist Stephen Roberts, Market Commentary
Laminar Economist Stephen Roberts gives his insights into the week ahead. Click to listen.
by Cameron Rae | 18 Jan, 2016 | Economic Weekly, Laminar Capital, Laminar Economist Stephen Roberts
Some prices are notoriously hard to forecast. The crude oil price is one of them. Nobody trying to forecast the oil price a year ago foresaw a collapse to below $US30 a barrel. In fact many at that time were expecting the oil price to recover from what was then...
by Cameron Rae | 18 Jan, 2016 | Laminar Capital, Laminar Economist Stephen Roberts, Market Commentary
Laminar Economist Stephen Roberts gives his insights into the week ahead. Click to listen.
by Cameron Rae | 11 Jan, 2016 | Economic Weekly, Laminar Capital, Laminar Economist Stephen Roberts
Often when the economy is showing signs of improvement share markets take a tumble. This perverse share market behavior is sometimes explained by the way that the share market looks beyond the present to what may happen next. An improving economy tends to place upward...