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From microcap to midcap: How to find the jockey for the job

If you’ve been investing for a while, you’ve probably heard an investor say that ‘high quality management’ is one of the most important attributes of a potential...
Patrick Poke
A Rich Life
Education

Self-funded retirees – I feel your pain!

It’s easy to become desensitised to the challenges facing others. We’re not living in their shoes, so we don’t experience their pain on a day to day basis. In a busy...
James Marlay
Livewire Markets
Rapid Fire

The greatest opportunity in the history of capitalism

"We've had 10 years of fantastic structural growth, however, the next 10 years may be even more exciting than the last, and adoption will happen at a much faster rate....
Livewire Exclusive
Livewire Markets
Education

Opportunities and risks in microcap land

As any experienced microcap investor could tell you, investing in microcaps presents many unique challenges, not the least of which is finding good ideas for further...
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BHP
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Patrick Poke
A Rich Life
Education

The last thing you read that blew you away

With half the market about to fly somewhere warmer for a week or two, now seemed like a good time for some holiday reading lists. I regularly get the opportunity to...
Alex Cowie
Alex Cowie
Education

Income Series Webinar Coming Soon

Fellow investors, I’m excited to be hosting Livewire’s first live webinar at 10:30am on Thursday the 4th of July. The webinar is the final piece of the Income Series...
James Marlay
Livewire Markets
Education

Media Worth Consuming – June 2019

Global semiconductor sales have plunged as if a recession is occurring. Morgan Stanley’s business confidence indicator has plunged to financial crisis lows. South...
Jonathan Rochford
Narrow Road Capital
Education

What a 15-year old can teach us about investing

A few years back a 15-year old girl, Natalie Clark, got up at the annual general meeting of one of USA’s biggest companies, Bank of America. Others – adults - would...
PM Capital
PM Capital
Expert Insights

Reduce the emotion … to reduce the risk

All investors are bound to struggle with emotion, as did Olivia Engel, CIO – Active Quantitative Equity at State Street Global Advisors, at the start of her investing...
Livewire Exclusive
Livewire Markets
Education

Ten investment rules

I have been writing the Marcus Today newsletter for over twenty years and read something called "Farrell's Rules" over thirty years ago. There is an article about...
Marcus Padley
Marcus Today
Education

Finding value, the marginal return on capital

In assessing the value of a company, the market tends to focus almost exclusively on the outlook for earnings growth. While obviously important, this ignores other...
Stuart Jackson
Education

Forget the noise - benefits of RMBS

Notwithstanding we are 10 years beyond the global financial crisis which was largely precipitated by reckless mortgage lending in the United States, I’m often...
Dean Italia
Dean Italia
Medibank Private
Rapid Fire

The DNA of a bona fide contrarian

"As soon as you start to get comfortable in a particular stock or company, we're generally selling and finding the next uncomfortable thing to own." That’s the...
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Livewire Exclusive
Livewire Markets
Education

Evaluate the jockey before you bet on the horse

Corporate failures and fallouts such as Enron, WorldCom and Lehman Brothers in the past have demonstrated the importance of emphasising the qualitative aspects of a...
Amit Lodha
Amit Lodha
Fidelity International
Education

Screening for small caps

One of the first questions we get from potential investors is how we whittle down our investable universe. Our preferred approach is to take the long, scenic route:...
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Joe Magyer
Joe Magyer
Lakehouse Capital
Education
Sponsored

Building a diversified portfolio has never been easier

Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) offer simple, low-cost exposure to a broadly diversified basket of local and global assets, and all with just a single trade. Whether...
Julia Lee
Julia Lee
Bell Direct
Education

Over-hyped or here to stay? The case for, and against, listed investment funds

Listed investment funds, including open ended trusts (ETFs & active ETFs or ETMFs) and closed ended listed investment companies (LICs) and trusts (LITs) are today...
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Chris Meyer
Pinnacle Investment Management Limited
Education

Clear opportunity for alpha with small caps

The broader opportunities for small caps have clearly been identified and explained in the thematic piece of our series, but I wanted to provide some local context,...
Michelle Lopez
Michelle Lopez
abrdn
Education

The 9 most important things I learned about investing over the past thirty-five years

I have been working in and around investment markets for 35 years now. A lot has happened over that time. The 1987 crash, the recession Australia had to have, the...
Shane Oliver
AMP
Education

5 rules for picking the right hybrids

Australians tend to have a lot of cash, property, and equities. There is not much in between. Hybrids, however, generally pay a healthy regular income on a quarterly...
Christopher Joye
Coolabah Capital
Education

Finding compelling (and undiscovered) ideas

Where are the opportunities for active investors to add value when investing in smaller companies? And how does this differ from their peers investing in larger...
abrdn .
abrdn
Education

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
Education

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...
abrdn .
abrdn
Education

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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NXT
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Sinclair Currie
NovaPort Capital
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