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Ask 'Why?' before taking a punt on the sharemarket

Dr Maria Konnikova was an experimental psychologist who decided to take a year out to learn how to play poker, with the aim of winning professional tournaments. She...
Stephen Bennie
Castle Point Funds
Equities

Sunset Strip - 30 September 2020

Local market was under the pump all day as risk off trade into month/quarter end. Global investors were the dominant players and big lines being crossed in a lot of...
Mathan Somasundaram
Deep Data Analytics
Equities

Jackie from Airtree on tech

Jackie Vullinghs joined us to talk VC opportunities and tech valuations, available on iTunes and Spotify. Jackie Vullinghs read history at Magdalene College,...
Michael Frazis
Frazis Capital
Collections

Is a vaccine already priced in?

It is unlikely global sharemarkets would have rallied back from March lows to all-time highs without optimism over a Covid-19 vaccine. And while progress towards...
Patrick Poke
Livewire Markets
Equities

Putting people before profits

In this episode of In The Know, I talk to Kevin Johnson, President and Chief Executive Officer of Starbucks. In this wide reaching interview we find out how Starbucks’...
Hamish Douglass
Hamish Douglass
Magellan Investment Partners
Equities

Listed debt trusts: something for nothing?

ASX listed debt trusts are trading at material discounts to the value of their underlying assets, which presents potential opportunities for investors to derive...
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Tim Boreham
Tim Boreham
Independent Investment Research
Equities

Key stocks for the rise of online retailing

The retail sector has been key beneficiary of the COVID-19 period in Australia, with record sales growth across many categories and record share prices for online...
KGN
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Nicolas Burgess
Nicolas Burgess
EL&C Baillieu
Equities

Time to say goodbye (to AMP, Telstra)

Shortly after arriving in Australia in late August 2000, I witnessed the demise of iconic local company names such as Pacific Dunlop and Mayne Nickless.Both...
AMP
TLS
Rudi Filapek-Vandyck
FNArena
Collections

Beer, driverless cars and soy sauce: Where the best opportunities lie

Several emerging market economies are seemingly over the worst of the Covid-19 pandemic and are showing signs of life. Within these markets, some companies are trading...
Livewire Exclusive
Livewire Markets
Equities

Sunset Strip - 29 September 2020

Local market had another volatile and directionless where global investors were the main players and they were chasing the currency trade all day. The market finished...
Mathan Somasundaram
Deep Data Analytics
Expert Insights

A rare opportunity rivalled only by the tech wreck

Value investors are on the cusp of a rare opportunity rivalled only by the tech wreck of the late 1990s, says Lazard Asset Management portfolio manager Dr Philipp...
ALX
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Equities

Microsoft and Massive Cloud Markets

In the 1990s Microsoft capitalized on the explosion of personal computing worldwide with Windows and Office. Today Microsoft is taking advantage of another massive...
Chris Demasi
Montaka Global Investments
Equities

Why earning income from shares has taken on extra significance

Looking back over 35 years of investing, I never thought that I would ever see the day in Australia where interest rates are as low as they are today.Ninety-day bank...
AMC
APT
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Anton Tagliaferro
Fundamental Investment Management
Equities

Stocks and sectors to consider for a Trump or Biden victory

Personal politics aside we have a US election early November which the bookies are telling us is very close as Trump attempts to narrow the gap – this morning...
ASB
LLC
James Gerrish
Market Partners
Collections

Four stocks with exceptional growth prospects

If you ask any investor to name some Asian equities, Tencent and Alibaba are likely to be at the top of a very short list. But despite the focus on these two tech...
Bella Kidman
Bella Kidman
Livewire Markets
Equities

Sunset Strip - 28th September 2020

Local market was volatile and directionless all day before ending the day slightly lower. Tech and Property were the only strong positive sectors on the back of US...
Mathan Somasundaram
Deep Data Analytics
Collections

Is caution the most effective strategy?

Emerging markets are one of the classic ‘looks cheap’ asset classes, offering higher credit spreads and lower P/E ratios than developed markets. However, they have a...
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Livewire Markets
Equities

Sunset Strip - 25th September 2020

Local market started positive on US sentiment before Aussie government removal of “responsible lending” standards put a rocket behind banks to further push the market...
Mathan Somasundaram
Deep Data Analytics
The Rules of Investing

Sell-offs are a buying opportunity. Don’t get off the train

Investors remain nervous after the massive sell off in February and March, but Matthew Kidman from Centennial Asset Management says that any sell off (such as we've...
ADH
APT
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The Rules of Investing
Livewire Markets
Equities

How Morningstar picks the top tech stocks

The year 2020 is one that will stand out in the history books, most notably for the COVID Pandemic but also the seismic shift in the geopolitical landscape. On the...
kanish chugh
kanish chugh
Global X ETFs
Expert Insights

Two companies with star qualities

Fund managers approach the running of their portfolios in a variety of ways. For example, some may liken it to the running of an elite sporting team where you maximise...
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Livewire Markets
Equities

FYI investors: Alcoa’s cheque book revs up WA high-purity alumina venture

Meanwhile in Ecuador, anticipation builds around a possible BHP or Newcrest bid for SolGold and Sunstone looks set to rise on back of Bramaderos project. There is a...
BHP
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Barry FitzGerald
Independent Journalist
Buy Hold Sell

Buy Hold Sell: 6 sustainable dividend stocks

Dividend sustainability has become front-of-mind for investors as Australian companies grapple with the short-term hit to earnings and payouts as a result of COVID-19...
AMP
FMG
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Buy Hold Sell
Livewire Markets
Equities

Sunset Strip - 24th September 2020

Local market was bashed at the open on global sentiment but recovered through the day to deliver another negative day. We have had 6 negative days out of the last 8 as...
Mathan Somasundaram
Deep Data Analytics
Equities

The best tonic for digesting tech sector volatility

Tech stocks just cannot keep out of the spotlight: first by outpacing broader equities over much of the past couple of years, then with a swift early September...
Denny Fish
Janus Henderson
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