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The financials index has been belted over 5% since bank reporting started last week. The market’s correct anticipation of the budget’s bank levy has been a key driver...

Over the last two weeks, investors had a wild ride following bank reporting season. In addition, in last night’s Budget a surprise levy of 0.06% on the liabilities of...

Malcolm Turnbull and Scott Morrison (aka 'The Bash Brothers') dished out some crunching hits on the banks. A bit of fun in amongst all the Budget analysis and debate! ...

To cut through the deafening noise around this week’s Federal budget, Livewire has asked four of Australia’s leading Economists to boil the budget down to its single...

As smaller company investors, we are relatively accustomed to seeing rapid growth from new businesses that have identified a new market or way to disrupt a lazy...

The Economist this week makes reference to data as the new oil – the fuel on which the new economy runs. Last week, we made observations about knowledge networks, with...

Interim reports for the major banks have concluded and the wires are awash with Budget commentary. Sentiment towards the Budget seems largely positive, however, it...

Local market fell on the open on weaker commodities before recovering and then running into bank tax rumours taking it down again. Commodities remain weak…China hasn’t...

History shows that weakness in the May-June period is a rich source of opportunity for investors as fundamentals re-assert themselves over short-term sentiment. With...

It's been a dream run for equities recently, with indices steadily floating higher. This week, however, volatility returned and investors got a sniff of reality. With...