2020: The year of retreat. 2021: The year of reset. What investors should expect in the year ahead.

No one could’ve predicted what an extraordinary year 2020 would be.

The COVID-19 pandemic caused a global economic shift of a scale not seen since the Second World War — plunging markets, governments, and most of the world’s population into turmoil.

And as if the coronavirus wasn’t destabilising enough, a rollercoaster U.S. election and growing trade tensions with China are keeping uncertainty high.

In Australia, though we’ve arguably managed the COVID crisis better than most, the nation has still seen families homebound, borders closed, a recession, record unemployment, unprecedented low interest rates, and billions of dollars of government stimulus. Read more…..