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A strong session to end the week with the ASX 200 +0.90% higher ahead of US payrolls data tonight. Gains were fairly broad-based with ~75% of the index up, resource...

Imagine for a moment that you had a clean sheet of paper from which to build your investment portfolio from the ground up. Would that rebuilt portfolio look the same...

Before this week’s plunge, equities reflected long-term lithium price forecasts, which are far below spot prices, making predictions of crash in short-term prices...

Welcome to another edition of Charts and Caffeine - our daily markets wrap featuring the best charts and reads from across Livewire's team of expert editors. Let's...

The numbers are quite staggering. In Australia, two out of every three businesses have been knocked by supply chain chaos, according to a survey conducted by the...

Aussie shares struggled from the get-go today and never really staged any meaningful recovery as traders went risk-off. Concerns around the rate of tightening in the...

Welcome to a special macro-focussed edition of Charts and Caffeine - our daily markets wrap featuring the best charts and reads from across Livewire's team of expert...

The local bourse was choppy in a tight range today, setting a high for the day early and falling 34pts by 1pm before a helpful 17pt jump in the close meant it...

Infrastructure investment is a long-term activity, so it pays to identify areas of potential and start talking to governments early. That’s the methodology employed by...

I have just returned from a visit to Perth for the first time in two and a half years. There is a clear 2010 style echo: everything you have heard and read about...

Reddit stocks, SPACs, NFTs, Dogecoin - you name it, financial markets have grown increasingly strange over the past 2 years. Dr Philipp Hofflin of Lazard Asset...

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The local market ripped through the 7200 resistance today in a positive start to the week that saw Tech continue its positive momentum. Yields have taken a breather...

When volatility is up and risk appetites are down, small caps invariably take a hit. Investors will naturally gravitate towards more liquid areas of the market.  But...

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While not technically illegal in Australia, monopolies have always been a touchy subject for regulators. The prospect of "anti-competitive" behaviour is constantly...

It’s the most enduring thematic of our times, and now investors can get exposure at a significantly lower price thanks to the recent impact of rising rates and global...

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The ASX200 fell away slowly but surely throughout the day. Finally closing down 49-points after being up +27-points in early trade, it appears the leftover selling...

Geoff Wilson AO, Founder and Chairman of Wilson Asset Management reflected on his decades of experience in financial markets while addressing an audience of...

With many of the world's major indices heading for (or in) correction territory, it's easy to see why investors may be fearful, if not struggling, right now. But...

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If 'pandemic' and 'vaccine' were Merriam Webster's 2020 and 2021 words of the year respectively, then I'd put good money on 2022's being 'inflation'. It has been a...