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Asset Allocation

If you're not prepared for low rates, you'll work forever. Have you told your boss?

Many readers of Livewire will be either managing their own portfolios and want to be informed, or they have outsourced the management of their portfolios and are...
Mark Todd
Mark Todd
Bank of China
Asset Allocation

Vaccine or no vaccine: Hamish Douglass is preparing for either scenario

When is Magellan’s Hamish Douglass going to spend the $11 billion his Global Equities strategy has sitting in the bank? And what’s he going to buy? The deployment of...
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Vishal Teckchandani
Livewire Markets
Asset Allocation

Get More From Your Cash Allocation

For the last decade, the Australian cash rate was high enough that investors could allocate a portion of their portfolio to cash or term deposits and earn a reasonably...
Aaditya Thakur
PIMCO
Asset Allocation

Assets that march to a different beat

Australian investors overwhelmingly rely on the local share market to generate income, but with the outbreak of COVID-19 clouding the outlook for economic growth and...
Sarah Jones
Sarah Jones
Livewire Markets
Asset Allocation

Livewire Webinar: Putting the income pieces together

Over the past few weeks, we have featured a series of nine educational articles focused on investing in income-generating asset classes. I recently hosted a live...
James Marlay
Livewire Markets
Asset Allocation

Will Insolvencies topple the Australian economy? w/ Caroline Di Russo | Webinar & Podcast

Markets have disconnected from economic reality; seemingly unphased by some of the worst economic fundamentals we've seen. We’re looking at factors that could bring...
Damien Klassen
Nucleus Wealth
Asset Allocation

Why diversity doesn't mean share price equality

Diversity issues have exploded into the global zeitgeist over the past few months as Black Lives Matter protests have rocked cities around the world. From an...
Damien Klassen
Nucleus Wealth
Asset Allocation

Happy days for markets as flood of money continues

There are plenty of investors questioning the veracity and sustainability of the rally in equity markets through the June quarter (particularly in the US), in the face...
Simon Doyle
Schroders
Asset Allocation

A bridge to recovery or a financial cliff? Magellan holds the line on cash

Since Magellan’s core strategy nearly doubled its cash weighting, stock prices have been on a tear as investors (plus those Robinhood punters) chased everything from...
Vishal Teckchandani
Livewire Markets
Asset Allocation

How to find Income in a 0% Interest Rate Environment | Webinar & Podcast

Today we turn our attention to an emerging issue faced by both institutions and investors alike: finding income in the zero interest rate environment that could last...
Damien Klassen
Nucleus Wealth
Asset Allocation

How a draw-down event can impact a concentrated investment portfolio’s return

We have been reminded in the last six months that risk assets from time to time can perform in a volatile and even an aggressive manner, and that valuations do matter....
James Smith
James Smith
Providence Independent Investment Advisory
Asset Allocation

The best performing asset class in FY20

The past financial year was poor for investors as coronavirus knocked economies into what is likely to be their biggest hit since the 1930s. Shares were hit hard, but...
Shane Oliver
AMP
Asset Allocation

Do you trust this market?

The ASX200 fell roughly 10% in the financial year just finished, which included a terrifying 35% plunge and euphoric 30% rally in a 16-week period. This loss-making...
Jerome Lander
WealthLander
Asset Allocation

Global Valuations: Everything is Expensive

Following the fastest S&P500 bear market on record in March, the response from policymakers has been unprecedented, causing markets to rally aggressively. The S&P500...
Chris Watling
Longview Economics
Asset Allocation

Is the market recovery driven by Robinhood & Robots? With Kevin Muir (The Macro Tourist)

Are Robinhood & Robots responsible for the stockmarket recovery? Kevin Muir (The Macro Tourist) joins us today to to offer his take on the driving forces behind the...
Damien Klassen
Nucleus Wealth
Asset Allocation

Lost in translation - Investing in private markets

Alternative investments continue to be prominent in the portfolios of some of the world’s most sophisticated investors, including sovereign wealth funds, endowments...
Martin Randall
Martin Randall
LGT Crestone
Asset Allocation

A look inside the AustralianSuper engine room

With more than $170 billion of assets under management at the end of 2019, Mark Delaney from AustralianSuper manages one of the largest pools of funds in the country....
Patrick Poke
A Rich Life
Asset Allocation

The Virus Bubble has arrived. How much bigger can it get?

Stock markets are almost as expensive as they have ever been on a range of different measures. The economy is almost as bad as it has ever been on a range of different...
Damien Klassen
Nucleus Wealth
Rapid Fire

Is it time to jump into the equities rally?

The pace of the rally since March has left many investors with a severe case of FOMO, questioning whether chasing equity markets is the right approach. Simon Doyle,...
Patrick Poke
A Rich Life
Asset Allocation

New Complexity Premia podcast: Don't fight the fed, top ideas, and much more

In the latest episode of the Complexity Premia podcast, Ying Yi Ann Cheng and I discuss a range of topics including: What has driven market performance over April,...
Christopher Joye
Coolabah Capital
Asset Allocation

Temptation is high but is the timing right?

The bear market bounce or relief rally continued through May but might be showing signs of losing momentum. The rally in April came after the initial shock of the...
Raf Choudhury
Raf Choudhury
State Street Global Advisors
Asset Allocation

Is cash still king?

While the wild swings in share, credit, currency, and commodity markets have garnered most of the attention in the months following the COVID-19 outbreak, cash markets...
Tony Togher
First Sentier Investors
Asset Allocation

A 50% drawdown for 6% income? It’s time to rethink yield and risk

With interest rates at record lows, many investors are being forced into assuming greater risk in their portfolios to generate acceptable levels of income. As an...
Alastair MacLeod
Elston Asset Management
Asset Allocation

A new bear market is unlikely

Between the 23rd of March and the 8th of June, US equities rose 43%, a massive rally. It is not often after this sort of rally that market participants are left...
Nick Reddaway
Nick Reddaway
Drummond Capital Partners
Asset Allocation

Markets disconnect from reality: what comes next?

Stock markets have disconnected from fundamentals (and reality). The economic fundamentals are almost as bad as they have ever been. Stock market valuations are as...
Damien Klassen
Nucleus Wealth
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