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“In the short run, the market is a voting machine but in the long run, it is a weighing machine”. The triumph of emotion over fundamentals to which Benjamin Graham’s...

Listed investment companies and exchange-traded funds have had nothing short of a stellar financial year, with funds under management skyrocketing in the 12 months...

Australian banks remain a staple of local investors, particularly those with a focus on income, and there are many good reasons for this. For one thing, there’s our...

The week kicked off with Wesfarmers (ASX:WES) making a $687 million non-binding, indicative offer to acquire Australian Pharmaceutical Industries (ASX:API) at $1.38...

Based on Plato’s analysis, 2020 was the worst year for dividends in Australia over the past 40 years. The 35% cut in dividends surpassed the falls seen over three...

As we discussed in Part-I of this series, REA Group holds the most privileged position of any company in Australian real estate. While officially it is solely focused...

Aristocrat (ASX: ALL) is a $27 billion company operating in the gambling and entertainment industry. It sells and leases physical slot machines (Gaming), and produces...

Large caps had a smashing year in FY21. The S&P/ASX 100 index returned more than 20% over the past 12 months - which is pretty incredible when you think that in the...

Small-caps are often thought of as being high risk, but that doesn’t have to be the case. With the right approach, it’s possible to maintain a moderate level of risk,...

The investment world is full of noise, but that doesn't have to impact your decisions. If you can find quality companies with earnings visibility, you have a solid...

At age 27, Tom has accomplished a lot. I spoke with him via Zoom from his study at Oxford, approaching the end of his one-year MBA course. He’s fresh off a win,...

One of the titans of Australian funds management, Peter Cooper has enjoyed huge success at the helm of Cooper Investors, the firm he founded a little over 20 years...

Often sighted as the densest year of technological innovation of all time, 1995 stands out for several reasons: The launch of the world’s first internet-enabled...

Large-scale power cuts caused by ageing coalfired utilities are just one of several reasons why Octopus Investments Australia is prepping its new $100 million fund to...

Three core principles underpin the philosophy of the Collins Street Value Fund. The team, led by portfolio manager Michael Goldberg, seek to preserve capital,...

In a new era in which environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations have been enshrined in the way fundies pick their shares, the so-called ‘sin’ stocks...

Precious metals fell sharply in June 2021, with gold, which fell by more than 7%, recording one of its largest monthly declines of the last decade. The key driver of...

Long-term readers of Livewire will be familiar with the views of strategist Chris Watling, the founder and chief economist of London-based Longview Economics....

The last 12 months have been very kind to investors in Australian equities, with the ASX 200 index returning 24% as the market recovered the sharp falls from March...

We're at the halfway mark now, folks. The end of financial year has come and gone and I'm excited to see where our fundies have landed. For our Aussie-listed stocks,...

With EOFY comes sales, parties and, of course, tax returns. It also presents an opportunity to reflect on the year to date and reassess the composition of your...

Lockdowns across most major capital cities in Australia have effectively thrown a wet blanket over this end-of-financial year. But really, we have plenty to...

Plus, production challenges in the iron ore game point to prices continuing to beat bearish forecasts, which is good news for the new band of leveraged juniors like...

It was a tale of two quarters for your most-tipped small-cap stocks in the first half of this year, which overall returned -2% for the six months to 30 June. Much...