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Small caps trade three P/E points below large caps. The index won’t capture the gap

The small-cap discount has sat near 30-year extremes for two years. How investors get paid depends on what they own.
Emanuel Datt
Datt Capital
Education

Five arrows, five turning points: Where should investors aim next?

With bond yields rolling over and the RBA nearing a peak, investors face five clear inflection points to reposition their portfolios.
Andrew McKie
Elston Asset Management
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To sell or not to sell? How to make the most of a $4.5 million business sale

Keep the business, fill super or keep some cash outside? Hugh Robertson weighs up the options for a couple selling a $4.5 million business.
Keith Ford
Livewire Markets
Markets

What I learned about surviving sharemarket corrections

Predicting the timing of a correction is generally impossible, there are some common signs that can often flag that one is not too far away.
Anton Tagliaferro
Fundamental Investment Management
Growth

Global vs. ASX Small Caps: What's the difference?

Livewire reader Chetan has a strong core portfolio and is considering an allocation to small caps. Should he go global or stay local?
James Marlay
Livewire Markets
Education

Why vibes-based investing doesn’t work

Sentiment may say how folks feel today, but it can’t foretell their actions or stocks’ direction.
Fisher Investments®
Markets

Reflections on major sharemarket corrections

While they are never welcomed by stockmarket investors, sharemarket corrections are an inevitable part of any stockmarket cycle.
Anton Tagliaferro
Fundamental Investment Management
Wealth

Good advice often ends with zero money

Sound strange? Here's a different way to think about leaving your kids money.
Sebastian Ferrando
Koda Capital
Markets

Interest rates went up, so did retail stocks. What's going on?

The RBA hiked interest rates on Melbourne Cup Day - that sounds bad for consumers but beaten down retail stocks caught a hot bid.
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James Marlay
Livewire Markets
Growth

Ben Clark’s 6-point checklist for holding through a selloff - and 2 stocks making the cut

Nothing tests an investor's nerves more than a cratering growth stock. Here is how TMS Ben Clark's survives and thrives from those moments.
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Vishal Teckchandani
Livewire Markets
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How can Fiona get her $1.2 million business premises into an SMSF after divorce?

Sometimes the smart move is not using a concession. SMSF specialist Liam Shorte on how Fiona could move her business premises into super.
Keith Ford
Livewire Markets
Education

Media worth consuming – October 2026

Interesting and under the radar media on finance, economics, politics and society.
Jonathan Rochford
Narrow Road Capital
Education

5 charts that highlight the transformation in these emerging markets stocks

Five charts show how emerging market equities have changed, and why investors may need to rethink their exposure.
Alice Shen
VanEck
Growth

Anthropic’s blockbuster IPO: The next great growth stock or an AI gamble too far?

The prospectus shows a business in far better shape than the sceptics suggest. The question now is whether it can stay in front.
Arms Rosenberg
Minotaur Capital
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Too old to start again, too young to retire. David’s $3.5 million problem explained

Redundant at 53, seven years from super access and $140,000 in annual expenses. Viola’s Daniel Todorcevski on whether David can retire now.
Keith Ford
Livewire Markets
Education

Eight temptations of market lore #2

Today’s CAPE implies a decade worse than the Great Depression. Since the mid-1980s, such warnings have proved too gloomy.
Jason Teh
Education

Fundies pitch top stock ideas as CFS's Greg Perry enters Hall of Fame

Investment Guru Greg Perry inducted to Fund Manager Hall of Fame as fundies and brokers pitch best ideas for charity.
James Marlay
Livewire Markets
Education

104 years, countless cycles: Why Australia's oldest LIC still believes in the Lucky Country

From the roaring twenties to the AI revolution, Whitefield's Angus Gluskie discusses CBA, market cycles and his optimism for Australia.
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Vishal Teckchandani
Livewire Markets
Wealth

Are you among the 1 million Aussies in an “unsustainable” super fund?

The number of Australians that are in what the super industry’s regulator calls “unsustainable funds” has increased to more than 1 million.
Keith Ford
Livewire Markets
Education

Private credit | Pilot error or the weather?

Reporting every loss as an asset class failure does little to help investors understand the risk-reward proposition they signed up for.
Patrick William
Rixon Capital
Education

Why Chris Bowen is mistaken about solar and wind power

Intermittent electricity, ideologues have long insisted, is low-cost. I show why they’re wrong – and detail some implications for investors.
Chris Leithner
Leithner & Company Ltd
Education

The income jungle is changing as income comes back in fashion

Australia's "dividend recession" may be passing as the 2026 August reporting season showed some revitalised signs in payment increases.
Marc Jocum
Global X ETFs
Education

Eight temptations of market lore #1

The S&P 500’s CAPE is second only to the dot-com peak. But is the US market as expensive as it says?
Jason Teh
Retirement

Who wants to be a millionaire? Apparently, almost every Livewire reader

DP Wealth's Andrew Wielandt unpacks our retirement survey of 1,400+ readers and shares six ETF picks spanning growth, dividends and bonds.
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Vishal Teckchandani
Livewire Markets
Markets

A nation of investors: ASX CEO reveals how 11.5 million Australians are investing

More Australians are investing than ever before, according to the new ASX study. Here are the key takeaways.
Tom Stelzer
Livewire Markets
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