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A rather unpleasant end to 2018 saw the S&P/ASX 200 index down 9% over the final quarter. Tactically it has been a blessing in disguise for investors at the start of...

With reporting season commencing, you can access our full calendar here, which lists reporting companies in chronological order with forecasts and ratings.

A fairly lacklustre Friday and first day of February – always a big month with domestic reporting season kicking off on Monday. Today the market opened higher, made a...

Livewire readers demonstrated their investing flair in our 2018 reader survey, with the three most tipped stocks, Afterpay, CSL and BHP, gaining 52% on average through...

Given the commentary from Jerome Powell (US Fed Chair) overnight, specifically around the trajectory of interest rates in the US (lower for longer) but more...

Solar is now viable at $50 a megawatt hour, half the wholesale price. Many investors don’t realise just how cheap solar has become, because the fall in price has been...

The ASX 200 came off the boil today with the index now looking set for a more protracted pullback into the ~5750 region or ~4% lower. After a reasonable open...

Over the summer break I was listening to the classic Australian comedy “Wired World of Sports” by the Twelfth Man, aka Billy Birmingham. One of the sketches involves a...

With markets more unpredictable than ever, I reached out to Hugh Dive at Atlas Funds to get his view of the year ahead. In this exclusive written Q&A, he shares three...

The market rallied today, following on from yesterday’s 20 point grind higher to add another ~40 points today. Buying was seen across the board with banks, resources,...

Given the reputational damage suffered by the big four Australian banks throughout the Banking Royal Commission hearings, many bank customers and investors are looking...

Australian dollar gold price has recently broken out to all time highs, and the thesis on gold remains very much intact. It’s a very good time to be an Australian gold...

Another day where sellers dominated for much of the session, although it was choppy and early weakness was offset by better than expected jobs data out at 11am. That...

We witnessed an almost perfect “about face” last year from most of the market on interest rates with the start of 2018 all about rising interest rates / bond yields on...

A weaker session today across the board with Asian markets trading in the red for much of the day, Hong Kong down around ~1.3% the hardest hit in the region while US...

The hail storm that hit Sydney late last year made a lot of headlines, but has not changed our fundamental view that insurance is an attractive sector in the current...

Last week we shared the ‘the ten most tipped stocks for 2019’ each of which received more than 1% of the ~2500 stock tips from readers in our recent survey. Today's...

Some selling crept into the market today from early morning highs, particularly in the stocks that have led the recent advance from the December lows. Afterpay...