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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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Livewire Markets
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7 traits that allow income investors to ignore share prices

I was playing golf over Easter with a few retirees. "I love the smell of retirees in the morning...it smells like...Victory" Not their fault - when your...
Marcus Padley
Marcus Today
Education

How does value perform during down markets?

In our ongoing mission to broadcast the attractions of value investing around the globe, a line we are hearing with increasing frequency, is that the strategy tends to...
Nick Kirrage
Schroders
Education

Phil King's 6 rules of investing

One of the most anticipated IPOs of 2019 is set to kick off at the end of April. Regal Funds Management is seeking to raise $500 million for a new Listed Investment...
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James Marlay
Livewire Markets
Education

Tech titans dominate Bloomberg's billionaires list

Bloomberg keeps a regularly updated list of the world's wealthiest billionaires on their website. The current Top 10 can be seen below. What is interesting besides the...
Marcus Tuck
Marcus Tuck
Mason Stevens
Education

What you need to know about shorting

On recent trips to the local supermarket you begin to notice that the cost of the shopping appears to be getting a little more expensive. Friends have been talking...
Chad Slater
Chad Slater
Ellerston Capital
Education

It's a trap! How to avoid this common investing mistake

To be a successful equity investor, there are a few very simple tenets to follow if you want to get a head-start – and these include avoiding underperformers and not...
AMP
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Nick Grove
Nick Grove
Livewire Markets
Education

8 myths peddled as truth

Were we really so credulous? Did we really know so little about foreign food? 62 years ago today, Panorama aired one of the great April Fool’s jokes. The report showed...
Tom Stevenson
Fidelity International
Education

Media Worth Consuming – March 2019

Stock buybacks are better at getting cash to executives than shareholders. Hedge fund Element Capital has delivered net annual returns of 21% since 2005. A British...
Jonathan Rochford
Narrow Road Capital
Education

Scams and scoundrels: 10 tips to mitigate investment risk

Investing is a difficult exercise for investors, big and small. Below we explore a number of examples and ways to mitigate your investment risk thereby increasing your...
Emanuel Datt
Datt Capital
Expert Insights

Two fundamental rules of property development

The lending practices of the major banks have come under pressure in the wake of the royal commission. It has proven to be a tailwind for an emerging breed of...
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Livewire Markets
Education

‘Know thyself’... and avoid sinking your own ship

In ancient times early cartographers would illustrate mythological sea monsters into the edges of their maps. The fantastical images of serpents and basilisks...
Christopher Dixon
Christopher Dixon
Cooper Investors
Education

Time is your friend; impulse is your enemy

Making sensible investment decisions is difficult. We are subject to a range of behavioural biases. We have to cope with incessant noise around financial markets. We...
Joe Wiggins
Joe Wiggins
Aberdeen Standard Investments
Education

Economic growth is still reasonably healthy

Global economic growth is slowing due to a slowdown in China driven by President Trump’s trade war. This is the conventional wisdom accepted by most and questioned by...
Andrew Macken
Montaka Global Investments
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How the pros invest in a slowing economy

The Australian economy is undoubtedly slowing, which was evident given the number of earnings downgrades and soft results witnessed in the most recent earnings season....
IFM
JBH
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Buy Hold Sell
Livewire Markets
Education

7 biases to tame for better returns

Behavioural economics moved into the mainstream when psychologist Daniel Kahneman was awarded the Nobel Prize for economics. Ironically, his work was critical of...
Joe Wiggins
Joe Wiggins
Aberdeen Standard Investments
Expert Insights

Don’t sell at the wrong time

More than 10-years on from the GFC, investors are getting nervous again. Spikes in volatility are becoming regular, and the phrase “late-cycle investing” is becoming...
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Livewire Markets
Education

Six simple steps to improve decision-making

The study of behavioural economics allows us to better understand the decisions we make. We show how behavioural finance can lead to better investment decision making....
Joe Wiggins
Joe Wiggins
Aberdeen Standard Investments
Education

Demystifying fixed income

A fixed income investment is a simple interest only loan. It may be made to a government, semi-government authority or company; as such, fixed income investments are...
Perpetual Asset Management Australia
Perpetual Asset Management (Australia)
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The great myth of emerging companies

One of the great myths of investing in unlisted companies is that investors will never be able to exit the investment. But Jonathan Pearce, Portfolio Manager at the...
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Livewire Markets
Education

Wilson: Buying a dollar for eighty cents

More than 50% of LICs on the ASX are currently trading at a discount, including more than 30% trading at a discount of 10% or more. Geoff Wilson AO, Chairman and Chief...
WAA
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Patrick Poke
Livewire Markets
Education

Why active investing still has an edge

January this year brought the sad news that Jack Bogle had died. Mr Bogle, the founder of the Vanguard Group, was the great pioneer of passive investing. Since he...
Martin Gilbert
Martin Gilbert
abrdn
Expert Insights

Is the glass half full or half empty?

We asked Nikki Thomas from Alphinity to share one of the useful investing lessons that she has picked during her career. Rather than pointing to a specific rule she...
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Under the hood of active ETFs

Do you understand the difference between a managed fund, an actively managed ETF and a passive ETF? Want to know more? You can learn everything you want to know about...
Fidelity International
Fidelity International
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