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Groucho Marx, as always, nailed it: “Those are my principles, and if you don’t like them…well, I have others.” Central banks, politicians, and investors are all...

The ASX bumped up against the 7,400 resistance level today, as weakness among Materials was offset by strength in the IT space. Overall, the day saw no real net...

Tectonic's Benjamin Haan is always on the lookout for "hidden gems" - small-cap companies flying under the radar of other institutional investors. And he believes...

The ASX managed to start the week in the black despite a shaky start today thanks to ~1% gains in both financials and materials. Bond yields were climbing throughout...

Unless you're bartering furs to sustain yourself in some wild corner of the world, you are afloat in the massive technological disruption sweeping the financial...

We are often told that a management team can make or break a business. It's why industry jargon like "skin in the game" has become so renowned, and why investors...

It’s been a very good second half of the week for the ASX as some positive company announcements drove eight stocks in the ASX 200 up more than 10% on the week. And...

Like many of us, Rob became serious about investing for the love of his family. Rob’s initial goal was to ensure he and his wife had enough income to support a...

Plus, Chalice prepares to drill for repeats of its rich Gonneville deposit, De Grey Chairman Simon Lill leads float of new WA nickel explorer Nimy and Breaker says...

Over the past 18 months, Australians have faced an onslaught of truly biblical proportions. One after the other, fires, floods and a literal plague have ravaged...

It was a positive session for the ASX today, underpinned by strong gains in the IT and Materials sectors. Higher commodity prices and lower bond yields were a...

Will Australian investors’ love affair with the “Big 4” banks resume after the pandemic, or has the equity income dynamic shifted forever? And what’s the big sector...

Challenger Limited is the dominant fixed annuities provider in Australia. It entered the market in 1997 and today it has around an 80% market share. Before jumping...

A lacklustre session for the ASX today saw the market climb initially. That didn’t last long, but the sell-off was hardly aggressive. Healthcare bounced and so did the...

One widely cited investment statistic is that 90% of portfolio performance comes from asset allocation. The stat originates from a 1986 research paper, Determinants...

A softer start to the week although the market did fight back well from early morning lows to close down only ~20pts. US Futures were sold off around our open today...

In April this year, Livewire had the good fortune to receive a great idea from a regular reader, Andrew. We were missing a trick, he wrote: Why not connect with our...

This financial year has been momentous for mergers and acquisitions in the ASX-listed infrastructure sector – and it's only October! Three proposed M&A transactions...

It was a positive end to the week for Aussie shares, supported by the US agreeing to extend the debt ceiling and China coming back online after a week-long holiday,...

'Buying a dollar for 80 cents' is an old investing cliche that's rarely taken literally these days. In a bygone era, 'net-nets' - stocks trading below the value of...

Pilbara Minerals chief eyes another spot sale as he ramps up second plant. Plus, Sunstone soars on ‘major’ gold-copper find and St Barbara spurned in offer for...

A fairly lacklustre morning gave way to a bullish afternoon for stocks with the IT sector surging back into vogue at the expense of Energy, the first day of red in...

Brad Potter, Head of Equities at Tyndall, learned some of his biggest investing lessons in the Great Sandy Desert and The Pilbara. Before embarking on a career in...

The collapse of Lehman Brothers is widely credited with triggering the global financial crisis. In 2008, bad debts spread throughout the global financial system came...