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Is a market crash coming?

Anyone who's been around markets for a while will have heard the adage that "it's not timing the market, but time in the market, implying that market timing is...
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What the world's best investors can teach us about the market

Step right up, step right up! Welcome to the Stock Market Circus, an unruly bazaar that is full of brazen salespeople, fortune tellers, sham wealth remedies,...
John Garrett
MA Financial Group
Education

A look through the decades – how to position your portfolio for the next decade

A wise portfolio manager once told me that he thinks in decades. Usually, each decade is different with different investment trends and opportunities. It is...
Garry Laurence
Profeta Investments
Meet The Investor

Meet Adrian: The dentist with a sweet tooth for healthcare stocks

When I put out the call inviting Livewire readers to share their investing journey, I was struck by the diversity of philosophies that our readers employ. One...
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James Marlay
Livewire Markets
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Off the Charts! Bezos' Blue Origin, China's steel rally and what's with the bond market?

It's been a big week for data out of the US. Inflation numbers and employment figures have led the charts this week, with a few serious surprises in there. Who would...
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A quick explainer on fund ratings

Who conducts the fund ratings? To assist in compiling the list of Livewire’s 100 Top-Rated Funds we drew on the ratings from Lonsec, Morningstar and Zenith. There...
James Marlay
Livewire Markets
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Why Filecoin will be one of the largest start-ups in the world

“Show me the incentive and I’ll show you the outcome” – Charlie Munger Web 3.0 innovation, Filecoin, is a decentralised cloud platform that is set to become the...
Mark Roddy
Mark Roddy
Holon Global Investments
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Paul Skamvougeras's inflation playbook

Paul Skamvougeras has the privilege of managing Perpetual's Wholesale Concentrated Equity Fund, one of Australia's longest-running unlisted managed products. As the...
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Lonsec's Peter Green: Why it pays to be cynical

For someone who spends his days assessing the performance of the investment industry's mightiest, Lonsec's Peter Green is refreshingly candid, approachable, and...
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Think slow: Kate Howitt's secret to winning the long game

Fidelity International’s Kate Howitt took the road less travelled in her journey to become one of Australia’s most respected fund managers. After completing an...
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Internal vs external – where to find the next great CEO

The millions of people who tuned into the recent Berkshire Hathaway Annual General Meeting (AGM) were rewarded with an unexpected bit of news. When the question was...
Robert Miller
NAOS
Education

The 6 biggest investing myths and tips to avoid the traps

We here at Livewire Markets are dedicated to separating fact from fiction; modern-day (investing) MythBusters, if you will. We'll be the first to admit we're no...
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Could an increase in interest rates derail the housing market?

The market has seen a small increase in fixed-rate mortgages from some of the banks. Is this the beginning of a tightening cycle and has the Australian consumer seen...
Chris Rands
Chris Rands
Yarra Capital Management
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VGI Partners: A guide to listed investment companies

As with most things, the listed investment company structure has both benefits and drawbacks. But LICs can be appropriate investment vehicles for shareholders of all...
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VGI Partners
VGI Partners
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David Wright's formula for future returns: Alternatives, ESG and key person risk

Having co-founded one of Australia's premier investment research and funds rating houses, Zenith Investment Partners' David Wright is truly one of the industry's most...
Ally Selby
Livewire Markets
Education

Why sell great businesses for the mediocre?

Within the last 12 months the market narrative has switched from fears of deflation to concerns of inflation. This narrative is often coupled with the forecast that...
Bob Desmond
Claremont Global
Education

The best free lunch in town

Many asset managers are scored based on the returns they provide to investors relative to each unit of risk incurred. A portfolio that can achieve the same return with...
Jesse Moors
Jesse Moors
Spatium Capital
Education

Microsoft, Roche, Walmart: 3 stocks, 3 stories

In the current environment of low interest rates and massive fiscal support alongside an improving economy, there has been a significant amount of speculative...
Chad Padowitz
Talaria Asset Management
Education

Introducing fund profiles and Livewire’s Top-Rated Funds Series

In another milestone for Livewire Markets, we’ve now launched new website features: Fund Profiles and the 100 Top-Rated Funds Series. Over the course of the past...
James Marlay
Livewire Markets
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Media Worth Consuming – May 2021

A monthly wrap-up of interesting and informative media on finance, economics, politics and society that you might have missed. Druckenmiller: “I can’t find any period...
Jonathan Rochford
Narrow Road Capital
Education

Off the Charts! Cryptos smashed by Avocados, Qantas' vaccine incentive, and a $2bn SPAC-tacular business

The recent buoyancy in market confidence has been utterly hinged on the vaccine roll-out. So it's not surprising to see the private sector stepping in to lift the...
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Meet Tom: The 22-year-old investing like Peter Lynch, so he can afford a house

What were you doing when you were 22-years-old? I'll spare you my version (for now), but I can assure you I wasn't reading books by Peter Lynch while tweaking the DCF...
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James Marlay
Livewire Markets
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A beginner's guide to crypto

Every other week seems to be about cryptocurrency crashing to the depths or soaring to new highs, the launch of a new coin, or investors signalling cryptos will be the...
Mia Kwok
Mia Kwok
Livewire Markets
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Two Web3.0 companies solving the privacy crisis

I recently made the startling discovery that in just two months, more than 50,328 trackers and ads tried to target me on the internet. They were snooping on my...
Heath Behncke
Heath Behncke
Holon Global Investments
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Proxy adviser "brain fade" is a threat to independent research

Anyone who values high-quality independent research on financial issues has reason to be concerned with Treasurer Josh Frydenberg’s proposals to knee-cap proxy...
Dean Paatsch
Ownership Matters
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