Category: News

The disrupter of Pay-Tv and TV, Netflix is itself now facing a serious disruptive threat. Its rise had been extraordinary, and what many may not know, early in its development Netflix approached Blockbuster Video (remember them?) to be bought out, only to be laughed off by Blockbusters arrogant executives.

The eCommerce industry is thriving now more than ever before, and is poised to only get bigger and better as more and more people around the globe abandon their cash and cards in lieu of mobile payment methods.

Harley Davidson, once a stock market darling and come-back king faces trouble ahead with hard-hitting consequences for its shareholders. A demographic seismic shift is occurring with those aged 19-35 (Millennials) and their younger cousins – Centennials aged up to 18. Together they account for 57% of the global population and importantly hold a similar share of the workforce.

There are few fundamental truths that seem to continue to endure, within a world in an ever changing state of flux, one which seems to change further with each morning tide. Yet, since the 1850’s, when British engineer Henry Bessemer first developed an inexpensive manner of mass producing Steel, Iron Ore and Steel have become and remained fundamental to modern day production and construction for over a century and a half, with no signs of slowing down.

We are often asked about why Insync don’t invest in BMW and have a negative view on the automotive sector. Surely the trend towards autonomous cars is going to be a boon for the industry.

The May edition of The Monitor runs through seven events indicating an increasingly fragile market.

At the end of last year, RBA Governor Philip Lowe, deemed cash and card transactions as a “niche payment” highlighting that they are becoming less prominent in our day to day activities.

Being on the right side of disruption is going to be a key driver of generating future investment performance. Many consumer staple companies that have been at the core of quality portfolios are now being disrupted and beer clearly falls into the same category.

The recent Liberal win at the Federal election has unleashed a quarry of concern from the nation, with climate change being a major topic.

The health and wellness industry is estimated to be in excess of 4 trillion dollar industry that will continue to drive the global economy for the next 30 years or more. Wellness has become mainstream and it is greatly influencing consumers buying and decision-making process.

Traders like to use price action to predict what may happen in the short term. With hundreds of different indicators to choose from, and many different approaches to trading, how do you get an edge?

At the inaugural Benchmark Minerals Summit 2019 in Washington DC, US Senator Lisa Murkowski reiterated what the entire world is slowly but surely catching wind on; the unprecedented expansion of the mineral resource trade.