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Designing the ‘perfect stock picker’

At Firetrail Investments, we believe that high-quality, high-conviction investment managers can outperform the index over the medium to long term. Over the short term,...
Patrick Hodgens
Firetrail Investments
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Understanding the risks of small cap investing

What are the higher risks that explain the small-cap premium? What characteristics explain why smaller companies perform differently from their larger peers? In the...
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abrdn
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Media worth consuming – May 2019

Global trade and air freight volumes have gone negative. New York City has a glut of luxury apartments for sale. Ten year returns look fantastic now that the losses of...
Jonathan Rochford
Narrow Road Capital
Education

Flying unicorns (or an elephant in the room)?

The growing popularity of Venture Capital (VC) has enabled some remarkable and innovative businesses. The attractive returns of many VC funds have stoked further...
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Sinclair Currie
NovaPort Capital
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Three ways women can close the retirement gap

What images come to mind when you think about your retirement? An annual holiday in Europe, perhaps? Maybe even splurge on a business class ticket? Well, if you’re...
Chloe Stokes
Forager
Education

This year's most (and least) profitable companies

This Time Last Year I wrote an article titled The most (and the least) profitable companies on the ASX200. The article was written in response to reading several...
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Hugh Dive
Atlas Funds Management
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Smaller companies: bigger opportunities?

Why should investors in smaller companies expect a higher return? What are the risks involved? And what are the opportunities? In this four part series, we set out the...
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abrdn
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What you need to know about private equity investing

The ultimate aim of investing in private equity markets is to generate a return higher than what you would receive by investing in public markets. But while the...
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Livewire Markets
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Beyond blue chips: A road map for income investors

Twenty years ago, increasing the income from your portfolio was straightforward: switch from shares to any other asset class, as dividend yields were lower than...
Martin Ryan
Martin Ryan
Yield Report
Education

How to build a bulletproof income portfolio

This is, without doubt, one of the most common challenges facing many Livewire readers today and is a topic that comes up repeatedly. At the core of the issue is the...
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James Marlay
Livewire Markets
Education

Finding quality companies, at a reasonable price

The Australian share market is heavily concentrated amongst the largest companies both in terms of market capitalisation and industry sector. The top 20 stocks...
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Anton Tagliaferro
IML
Education
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Building a balanced portfolio using ETFs

When building a balanced investment portfolio, most investors seek exposure to the four main asset classes – equities, fixed income, property, and cash. One big...
Julia Lee
Julia Lee
Bell Direct
Expert Insights

Learning from your mistakes

Going against human instinct and taking a contrarian approach to investing is not for everyone. It takes practice, and commitment in your convictions as well as...
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Livewire Markets
Education

Taxing times for investors

The ALP is proposing a raft of tax changes that will negatively impact after tax outcomes for many Australian investors should they be enacted. Arguably the most...
Dr Don Hamson
Plato Investment Management
Expert Insights

Common causes of stock mispricings

If the definition of crazy is doing the same thing repeatedly and expecting different results, then Mr Market is undoubtedly crazy. Simon Shields, Principal at Monash...
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Highlights from the 2019 Berkshire meeting

Over the weekend Omaha again became the centre of capitalism. Tens of thousands of shareholders from around the globe on Saturday for the annual meeting of Warren...
Darren Letts
Darren Letts
Mason Stevens
Rapid Fire

Dr Philipp Hofflin: Beware of the widest moats

Dr Philipp Hofflin was a late starter when it came to investing. That’s because he dedicated years of his life to academic study, ultimately earning a PhD in...
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James Marlay
Livewire Markets
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Just how valuable is a global brand?

You hear a lot about the concept of disruption and the impact that this is having on established brands. The rise of social media has been a key enabler for small...
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Three lessons on contrarian investing

Contrarian investing is like an extreme form of value investing; contrarians will make investments that even a bold value manager would baulk at. It’s a fact of...
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Livewire Markets
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How to bake a blue chip

Investing in “blue chips” – large, highly profitable, and mature companies – has long been a popular strategy for investors. But contrary to its popularity, research...
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Patrick Poke
A Rich Life
Education
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5 reasons to own ETFs

In the 30 years since the creation of the first Exchange Traded Fund (ETF), these products have grown exponentially both in size and the range of options available....
Julia Lee
Julia Lee
Bell Direct
Education

Media Worth Consuming – April 2019

No income, no asset loans are back in America. Inflated consumer credit scores are understating the risk American lenders are taking. Increasing credit card...
Jonathan Rochford
Narrow Road Capital
Education

Investing like Howard Marks during the GFC

Great investors have an uncanny ability to find attractive investment opportunities in any market. During the depths of the GFC when fear of the unknown paralysed most...
Lawrence Lam
Lumenary Investment Management
Rapid Fire

The best investors buck consensus thinking

During his recent visit to Sydney, Kevin Charleston, Chairman, President and CEO of Loomis Sayles & Company, a Boston-based asset manager with $250 billion under...
Alex Cowie
Alex Cowie
Expert Insights

The value of innovation has shifted

A tsunami of new technology, new processes and new ideas is driving a period of innovation that is reimagining every industry globally. But just how do you value this...
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