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Generating income from Australian share buybacks

Participating in off-market Australian share buybacks, is one way Plato generates additional after-tax income for retirees and other zero-tax investors. Off-market share buybacks are a way for companies to divert the franking credits on their balance sheets to the investors that value them most – zero-tax investors. To provide...

Peter Gardner, Plato Investment Management

Charts and caffeine: Morningstar's two newest, best ASX ideas

Welcome to Charts and Caffeine - Livewire's pre-market open news and analysis wrap. We'll get you across the overnight session and share our best insights to get you better set for the investing day ahead. MARKETS WRAP S&P 500 - 3,831 (+0.19%) NASDAQ - 11,772 (+1.68%) CBOE VIX -...

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Warning lights flashing red for Australia's property market

The opening chapter on inflation and the accompanying rate hikes are worrying property investors, though the story is a long way from finished. According to Aussie cash rate futures, the market is pricing in for cash rates to hit almost 3.6% by the middle of next year. So, I...

David Thornton, Livewire Markets

China’s "dirty tricks campaign" speaks volumes about the outlook for rare earths: 3 ASX mining stocks headed for a rerate

Revelations by US cybersecurity firm Mandiant that China had resorted to cyberwar tactics in an effort to protect its stranglehold on the strategically-important rare earths industry comes as no surprise. The dirty tricks campaign has been loading up chatrooms and websites with disinformation about competitor western world projects, with the...

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Generating income from Australian share buybacks

Participating in off-market Australian share buybacks, is one way Plato generates additional after-tax income for retirees and other zero-tax investors. Off-market...
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What to make of the May retail sales figures

The Australian Bureau of Statistics has just released retail sales figures for the month of May. Contrary to market expectations, sales remained strong. But is this...
Stuart Jackson, Montgomery Investment Management
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From tulips, to iron, then lithium: The nature of a commodity boom

Speculation in commodity prices and the wave of hype that comes with it is not a new concept. Over the past few hundred years, there are many accounts of the rise...
Stephen Wood, Eiger Capital
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Paradice's 3 preferred materials exposures and 1 sector to avoid

In a normal cycle, high prices for commodities from high demand would lead to increased supply and finally a drop in prices – but these are far from normal times....
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Charts and caffeine: Morningstar's two newest, best ASX ideas

Welcome to Charts and Caffeine - Livewire's pre-market open news and analysis wrap. We'll get you across the overnight session and share our best insights to get you...
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An ideal hedge as rates rise and credit risk ratchets up

The rise of Australia’s official interest rate plays directly to the strengths of the Qualitas Real Estate Income Fund (ASX: QRI). QRI is a portfolio of investments...
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Podcast: portfolio & market update

A few weeks ago, I spoke to Bennelong Fund Management's Stuart Fechner about the difficult market environment and how the Kardinia team is positioning our fund as a...
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The Match Out: RBA hikes rates 50bps, Market edges higher

The RBA raised rates today by 0.50% as expected, the market rallied, the AUD edged marginally lower and the reaction was generally as we thought it would be, the...
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What investors can learn from disasters, and a big risk the market has missed

From central bank actions, including the RBA’s record-breaking 0.5% hike (our largest ever consecutive rate increase), to the war in Europe, and COVID’s relentless...
Glenn Freeman, Livewire Markets
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How the market is navigating the five stages of grief

As the second quarter ends, investors are licking their wounds from negative asset returns as policy withdrawal corrodes asset values around the world. Investor...
Charlie Jamieson, Jamieson Coote Bonds
Equities

Only one global stock pick gained last year - and it's not even listed overseas anymore

Just like the end of a calendar year, July is a time for reflection for investors. I've seen FY21/22 already been described as a year of "all pain and no gain" - a...
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Warning lights flashing red for Australia's property market

The opening chapter on inflation and the accompanying rate hikes are worrying property investors, though the story is a long way from finished. According to Aussie...
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4 strategies and 8 funds for diversification in challenging markets

Positive returns and surging fund flows - not words we've written often in recent weeks, but that's what parts of the Alternatives asset class are seeing currently....
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Good companies go private, loss-makers go public

Once the domain of institutional investors, private market investing is going mainstream and may even reach a value of $30 trillion in the years ahead. Urs...
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Bell Potter's top stock picks for FY23

In this report, our analysts share their top stock picks for FY23, along with their views on various sectors including listed investment companies, agricultural &...
Bell Potter, Stockbroker
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Ian Beatty - Trading liquidity for opportunity

In this episode of Inside The Rope, David is joined by Ian Beatty the Managing Partner of SecondQuarter a fund that primarily invests in growing but commercially...
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Charts and caffeine: Citi's two favourite ASX tech stocks

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The Indian companies dominating emerging market returns

Investors looking for resilient companies could start taking note of the growing number of multinational success stories domiciled in India. Glen Finegan, Lead...
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The Match Out: Market rallies, Hamish sells MFG stock, Rate hike tomorrow

A bullish but quiet session to kick off the week with the market opening sharply higher but losing some direction as the day progressed, no trade in the US tonight...
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Why the Fed isn’t riding in to rescue markets

Underpinning investor sentiment during the markets’ long bull run from 2010 to 2021 was the psychological safety-net known as the ‘Fed put’. While ultra-low interest...
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