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At the start of the year, we asked Livewire readers for a stock idea as part of our annual investor survey. With over 2500 responses, many stocks were tipped multiple...

A more bullish open for stocks than futures were suggesting today with the index adding a quick +35pts early on, before sellers saw the index track down from the early...

At face value, the August reporting season in Australia was disappointing, but not quite negative enough to spook investors into a general flight out of Australian...

Today I argue that in response to the 2008 crisis central banks and treasuries have thrown the baby out with the bathwater. Unable to tolerate the pain associated with...

Few things get resource investors' hearts racing like a porphyry discovery, as Alkane's soaring share price showed this week. Now the spotlight turns to Alkane’s...

The evolving trade war, weakening global growth, a Chinese recovery, the Aussie dollar, and central bank policies including discussions with Philip Lowe; these were...

A fairly muted session in Australia today with the market briefly trading in the black early on before the market trickled lower into the close. Energy stocks hardest...

What defines ‘good’, ‘bad’, and ‘ugly’ in Australia’s equity markets today? Each of these three panellists from this year’s Livewire Live has a decidedly different...

Oh dear!The stronger-for-longer lithium story is not exactly panning out as such, with a global oversupply emerging and the upbeat blue sky stories supplanted by...

The RBA minutes moved the market today, or more specifically, put pressure on the AUD which made our market more appealing from an international perspective. Decent...

An interesting day for local stocks with the energy sector the clear standout thanks to a spike in the Oil price, Futures trading +9.7% at time of writing underpinning...

Reliance Worldwide (ASX:RWC) has been a recent introduction to the portfolio. The company sells innovative and simple plumbing fixtures to enhance productivity and...

With reporting season over, the bull market in growth equities rolls on. The “expectations game” that has long permeated US equities has firmly taken root in Australia...

This weekend I write that the ECB's decision to start buying bonds again to reduce the long-term cost of capital (aka QE)---coupled with the Fed cutting in a few...

Small gains today helped the index finish marginally higher week on week, up just 22pts/+0.3% for the 5 sessions. Support was seen on the back of positive trade...

Looking at the top 20 this Sept / Oct vs last year, we can see that they’re paying +$1.94b more than the Top 20 last year – an increase of +12.6%. So, the increase we...

Saracen seen as a shining example of the silver lining in recent gold sell-off. Plus, a raft of juniors are on the potentially-lucrative porphyry trail, including Hot...

Over last 12 months listed investment company (and trust) discounts have widened and, where they existed, premiums have narrowed or turned into discounts. This waxing...

The ASX undid all the hard work from early in the session to trade flat early in the afternoon before strong futures led buying in the match helped the index close...

All investing strategies need to evolve with market conditions, and in particular to the current stage of the cycle. So in constructing an income portfolio to perform...

Many have doubted Flight Centre’s ability to thrive in an online world. But its clicks-and-bricks strategy looks to be succeeding, as does the goal of expanding its...

Overall economic growth and lower interest rates remain supportive for equities but the outlook, particularly this late in the business cycle, is becoming more...

It was a somewhat unique situation to be interviewing a former colleague when I sat down with Marcus Bogdan, CIO at Blackmore Capital recently. So, I have been across...

A lot has happened in Australian banking in the last 6-12 months. The Royal Commission’s final findings were released while the regulators have toyed with higher...