Newsletter – February 2026

Our theme this month is interest rates. After the highest interest rates since 2008, the Official Cash Rate (OCR) was cut in August, marking the first cut since 2020. In this newsletter we outline what lower interest rates mean for your portfolio.

This month we unpack diversification. Diversification is a strategy to lower investment risk by spreading money across and within different asset classes, such as shares, bonds and cash. It’s one of the best ways to weather market ups and downs and maintain the potential for growth.

This month our theme is making sense of the “Liberation Day” tariffs, how these events unfolded and what this means for your investments.

Introducing our new Australian Active manager, DNR Capital, and a taste of their investment philosophy.

Our theme this month is Trump vs Harris – what the different parties are offering and how the US Presidential election may affect the markets.

The issue digs into what the Russian invasion means for investors.