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One thing the market is overestimating

Expectations of increased infrastructure spending in the US have added fuel to the resurgent prices for commodities such as coking coal and iron ore. Alex Duffy from...
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5 stocks that exceeded expectations

Each week through reporting season, Livewire is asking a group of Buy Side Managers to pick one earnings result that they think was the standout earnings result of the...
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Buy Hold Sell: The Dividend Dilemma - TCL, SYD, SGP + more

It’s no secret that investors are wary about the implications of rising interest rates on the so-called ‘Bond Proxies’. Stocks like Transurban, Sydney Airports and...
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How to handle a major sell-off

Owners of high-quality, growing business are starting to look a little nervous following the high-profile falls of Aconex, Bellamy’s, Blackmores, and more. Hyperion...
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COH
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Where are the best prospects for dividends?

Dr Don Hamson, Managing Director of Plato Investment Management, says the best prospects for dividends now sit with Australia’s big iron ore miners. From a highly...
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Strong results from contributor favourites

In last week’s Buy Hold Sell Thematic discussion, Ben Rundle from NAOS Asset Management and Chris Stott from Wilson Asset Management identified MNF Group and Nick...
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Patrick Poke
A Rich Life
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Increasing share in a growing market

James Hardie is an Australian manufacturer and global leader in fibre-reinforced cement. The business has been operating for 125 years producing products used in new...
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John Deniz
Paragon Funds Management
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Livewire Reporting Roundup

The Livewire Reporting Roundup is a new and exclusive weekly series carefully crafted to bring Livewire readers the best exclusive insights and investor resources...
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A sector that stands out in terms of uncertainty

With reporting season picking up pace, Livewire interviewed Rudi Filapek-Vandyck, Editor of FN Arena. Rudi has kindly allowed Livewire to publish his ‘Reporting Season...
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Buy Hold Sell: Small-caps under pressure

Freddie Mercury once said “Tomorrow gets me higher, higher, higher...” but since October it’s been lower, lower, lower for small caps. After a sustained period of...
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Is GTN Worth Three Times Macquarie Media?

If you live in a major city in Australia, you are probably familiar with GTN’s (GTN) service. They fly helicopters over the major cities and report down to frustrated...
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Making money in 2017

Globally, the backdrop in 2017 is being dominated by politics as the world focuses on an erratic and inexperienced new US President. Closer to home, attention has...
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Three stocks for a shifting market

Livewire recently asked Sean Fenton of Tribeca, Vince Pezzullo of Perpetual, and Simon Shields of Monash to share their views as to whether the trend that emerged last...
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Buy Hold Sell: The crowd's favourites for 2017

In the first episode of Buy Hold Sell for 2017 we take a look at the most popular bigcap stocks from the Livewire Reader Outlook Survey: BHP, NAB, CSL, Macquarie, and...
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Lessons from 2016’s best and worst performers

The lists of the best performing and worst performing stocks in the ASX200 during 2016 told a dramatic narrative of a reversal of fortunes between growth stocks and...
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CIMIC Bid Undervalues Macmahon but is Good News for Shareholders

The Australian quotes us this morning as being “angry” at CIMIC about its bid for mining contractor Macmahon (Forager's managed funds own 8.63% of Macmahon) . Quite...
Steve Johnson
Forager
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Checking in on the fallen angels

Following the big falls in share price for some of the high-priced growth stocks he identified on Livewire in February 2016 https://www.livewiremarkets.com/wires/30501...
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Quality stocks are finally cheap

There is no shortage of labels that investors use to differentiate their approach to picking stocks. Over the last few months, the financial lexicon has been dominated...
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What’s driving The Great Rotation?

In the second half of 2016, as markets began to realise that the bottom for bond yields had likely been hit, a seismic shift started to occur in equity markets. In...
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Finding the long shots on equity markets

Outlook commentaries at the outset of 2016 were noticeably devoid of cheerleaders for the eventual winners, while prior year winners had plenty of fans. The same could...
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Martin Conlon
Schroders
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Montgomery: Irrational selling creates opportunity

Each year Dalbar, a US based research firm, conducts their Quantitative Analysis of Investor Behaviour. The study looks at how investor decisions to switch in and out...
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The #1 stock picks for 2017

As part of Livewire's 2017 Outlook Series we’ve asked 5 professional stock pickers for their views on the outlook for equities and their #1 stock pick for 2017. The...
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6 topical issues for 2017

We've picked 6 topical points of interest for Australian equity investors to consider in the year ahead. We then put each of these possible scenarios to our panel to...
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Why AGMs are Worth Attending

Attending AGMs might feel as a waste of time. By October, when the AGM season kicks in, the focus is already on the new financial year and beyond. Nevertheless,...
Steve Johnson
Forager
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Lessons for All in Bellamy's Troubles

Six months ago, organic baby-food company Bellamy’s was flying the flag for a new Australian economy. Australia’s reputation for healthy, clean food was going to pick...
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