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Value stocks have shown signs of life in the last three months, but it will take time for the market to be convinced that this is a turning point. When we met with...

In 2018, the top 10 dividend paying stocks accounted for 63% of all dividends paid in Australia, according to the Janus Henderson Global Dividend Index. Of these, the...

Over the last decade in Australian equities, factor returns for growth and momentum-based strategies have been astonishingly successful - versus value and earnings...

The market hit hard again today taking the total decline from the 29th November high of 6893 on the ASX 200 to -303pts / -4.4% to today’s low of 6590, a meaningful...

The last major structural shift in transportation took place just over 100 years ago. In the space of 13 years, the world went from all horse and carriage to all...

The market sold off today down ~150pts points which on the face of it, is a fairly savage move, however the internals weren’t that bad, it was more of an orderly sell...

Brian Hartzer knew it was over the second he picked up his phone. Last Monday, as CEO of Westpac, Hartzer had called his senior executives into a room for the...

I know a lot of you hold big holdings in banks for income, so have we, but it has, in hindsight, been one of the biggest Australian investment mistakes of the last...

It seemed like the positive data around Sydney property spurred on buying this morning, with the major banks seeing some love after a torrid period of late. The AFR...

It wasn’t that long ago that if you heard about someone being disruptive, it was viewed as a negative trait. These days, however, disrupters are considered...

The one thing that investors can’t ignore in 2020 is business confidence. Companies that initially list on the ASX tend to be smaller companies that are keen to...

Why we have been buying Oceana We have historically allocated between 4 and 8% of our portfolio to gold equities. We do so for their defensive (uncorrelated)...

Technology stocks around the globe have performed exceptionally well in recent years, led by US success stories such as Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Alphabet, Microsoft...

Today I present a dispassionate analysis of the current Westpac drama and the RBA's exceptionally detailed road-map as to how QE will unfold in Australia. I explain...

Some of the industry’s leading fund managers took to the stage yesterday as part of the Future Generation Investment Forum, with each manager sharing their top stock...

This year’s Wilson Asset Management shareholder presentations featured a galore of international and ASX-listed stock ideas poised to ride the coattails of an economic...

The story behind our investment in Xero starts back in 2001 when I first came across a small business accounting software company called MYOB. What caught my attention...

On 27 November Telstra (ASX:TLS) held an investor day to update shareholders and other stakeholders on progress in respect of the T22 strategy. What new information...

Stocks were strong again on open this morning trading up to a new all-time high for the ASX 200 of 6879 – marginally eclipsing the August milestone by 5pts, however...

A major benefit of a LIC over a trust is the ability to carry forward earnings over reporting periods. By comparison, a trust must distribute all realised gains in a...

Big intra-day buying today highlighted the dry powder hanging around the market now being forced the chase stocks higher. The Aussie dollar falling further encouraged...

There’s no doubt growth is much harder to come by these days. While Australia, along with the rest of the world, is experiencing some growth, it’s not the strong...

Buoyed by easy monetary policy, Australian stocks have been on a tear for a decade. The Reserve Bank of Australia has cut interest rates no fewer than 15 times since...

When thinking about the obvious macro factor that investors should be across in 2020, global bond yields spring to mind, however at Market Matters we’re not about...