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The Australian small caps market generated strong returns in 2019 (from an end 2018 low) which has continued so far into 2020, driven by accommodative monetary...

Legendary company-maker Michael O’Keeffe, whose timing has been impeccable over the years, has signalled that diamonds are now his best friend. Plus, Genesis...

2019 and the decade ended strongly for equity market returns nearly everywhere, and Australia was no exception. Profits were not the fuel, remaining anaemic. There...

2019 was a big year for the exchange-traded funds (ETF) market as it cracked $61 billion in assets and accelerated its lead over the listed investment companies and...

The market opened fairly well this morning following a flat session overseas, however weakness crept in at 11.30am following a better than expected employment print...

In 2006, David Pace, Matthew Ryland and Marc Hester decided to leave their jobs at Merrill Lynch to found Greencape Capital. Less than a year later, the GFC rocked...

The banks have endured a turbulent few years as a result of increasing regulatory constraints, slowing credit growth, and the fallout from the royal commission. 2019...

Australia’s sharemarket returns have been stellar in 2019. At approximately 24% they have comfortably exceeded the average over the past 30 years of 11% (before being...

The ASX sold off after being left with its own thoughts given there was little in the way of overnight leads today with the US closed observing MLK day last night. The...

It was in 2009 that the first of “The Hangover” movies hit the silver screen. Other than setting the scene of just how long ago 2009 was, the movie contains...

With the prolonged bushfire crisis now abated thanks to the efforts of Mother Nature and tireless firefighters, now’s the time for investors to ponder the effect of...

Another positive open to trade this morning with the market again having a second crack at the ~7100 region before a range bound day played out, the ASX 200 ebbing...

The last decade was one of steady recovery from the GFC for the world, but also one of great uncertainty and political instability. Markets had the Euro crisis, US...

At the start of each calendar year, we like to take the time to identify what themes & opportunities (T&Os) have the potential to contribute to performance for the...

A more subdued session to end the first week back on the desk with stocks opening firm before trickling down from early highs into the close (2000 lots of futures done...

In late December we ran the annual Livewire Predictions and Top Picks survey and had a monster 6,987 responses. As soon as we had our feet under the desk after the...

Like many local technology trailblazers before it, Catapult (CAT) has endured a turbulent first 5 years as a listed company on the ASX. One only has to view its...

A bullish open to trade this morning where the market cracked and held above 7000, keying off the US/China love in overnight. While the US market was higher, local...

Technology was once a major competitive advantage for large companies, today that’s no longer the case, smaller companies can now compete on a level technology playing...

A lot is being written right now about LICs. We’d like to put in our two cents worth. As an investor, we were initially attracted to the LIC sector by the quality of...

Prior to the end of 2019, Fiftyone Capital shared an update with our investors in the Progressive Global Fund regarding our holding Paradigm Biopharmaceuticals...

It can be a difficult task separating those stocks which are poised for a turnaround and those which are set to implode. But as Greig Bryson of Nikko Asset Management...

The issues around performance of LICs/LITs, which is impacting the debate on stamping fees, should be addressed fairly and objectively, not by flawed analysis,...

Last month we ran our annual Predictions and Top Picks survey, which had an overwhelming response with nearly 7,000 investors participating. Not only was this nearly...