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There has rarely been a more urgent time to assess whether your money is being optimally managed. Market valuations are close to all-time highs while risk levels are high and long-term real return prospects are near zero. We anticipate re-runs of 2020 over the coming years, with more volatility and markets that ultimately go nowhere.

The US market’s remarkable recovery since its lows in March this year is almost entirely attributable to its technology sector, and to the so-called “FAANG” stocks in particular. The reason why the FAANG Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix and Google (now Alphabet) stocks got their well-known acronym is because they share an underlying link to the new online driven economy. 

Orthocell’s (ASX: OCC) regenerative device, CelGro, is helping give mobility back to quadriplegic patients. 

September was a good month for Aussie gold mining company Nusantara (ASX: NUS).  The junior mining company recently announced a series of positive news to their shareholders, including that their partner and leading Indonesian diversified energy company Indika Energy received regulatory approval to become a shareholder in the Awak Mas project vehicle. Indika Energy has earned 25% interest in the project after investing US$15M equity.

When COVID-19 took hold in March, many businesses put their 2020 marketing plans in the bin. Consumer behaviour changed so much that it made no sense to invest in outdoor billboards, in-store merchandising, or ads on rush hour radio. Instead, overnight everything went online and businesses ramped up their digital marketing like never before. 

A growing number of home loan borrowers are ghosting their bankers in an attempt to make their financial problems go away; simply refusing to respond to calls, emails, texts or letters.

If you spoke with the CEO of a listed company today, they would tell you that their investor relations function had changed dramatically in a short space of time. Most will point to the COVID-19 pandemic as the reason for this “sudden” disruption to old and proven investor relations and communications practices that have always served them well.

If you’re worried about a dramatic return of volatility into the market and avoiding potentially significant capital losses, then tune into Reach Markets’ next installment of “Meet the Funds Manager”. We will be joined by Jerome Lander, the portfolio manager of the Lucerne Alternative Investment Fund, who during the savage 27.65% plunge by the ASX200 in February and March this year returned -5.96% for the same period, beating the market by an impressive 21.69% over two forgettable (for nearly everyone else) months.

Consumer research, data and insights company, Pureprofile Limited (ASX: PPL) today announced the re-launch of its media business ‘Pure.amplify’.

For Sequoia Financial Group (ASX: SEQ), slow and steady wins the race. The company has however set itself a major objective to become what they describe as Australia’s first premium brand in the financial advice market.

The US markets have been trading in the red for the last three sessions and even though futures are slightly higher for tonight’s session, some may think  that the tech run is over. This is on the back of investors viewing valuations of tech stocks that have benefited from lockdown during the CoronaVirus, especially within the FAANGS, have gone too high, too quickly. These stocks could be referred to as ‘the lockdown stocks’ and have been the main drivers of the huge positive moves in indices.

The global economic recession, set off by COVID-19, is leading to a rise in demand for debt restructuring and insolvency services.