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Bank on a 70% return: Why 'tis the season to be bullish on the Big Four

**Updated 27/05** - With some bank stocks up a whopping 10% at one point in today's session, we asked Romano for his latest view. He said:"Modern investors are using...
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Romano Sala Tenna
Katana Asset Management
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The bear versus bull case for investing in banks

They say a picture tells a thousand words and the story for UK financial sector investors could not be more depressing going by the below chart. A theoretical $100...
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Vishal Teckchandani
Livewire Markets
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A new workforce is emerging

As COVID-19 spread across the world, causing global lockdowns and record volatility in financial markets, investors have seen equity markets tumble more than 30%,...
Betashares .
Betashares
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10 reasons why Australia is the lucky place to be in a crisis (and 7 stock ideas to boot)

Imagine making the tough choice between forcing yourself to work and make ends meet or staying at home at the cost of going broke. Welcome to the United States of...
COL
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Vishal Teckchandani
Livewire Markets
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The boom of Zoom. Work tools flying high in the work from home era.

Who would have thought the world could materially operate under shelter in place conditions with millions if not billions of employees working from home (WFH)?Remote...
Stew Glynn
TEN13
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Why Facebook Loves India

A few weeks ago, Facebook paid US$5.7bn for a 9.9% stake in Reliance Industries, Jio Platforms (JPL) business. That was the largest amount paid for a minority...
Mugunthan Siva
India Avenue
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7 trends and how to play them using ETFs

Investing has become a game of chicken in the eyes of some investors. Has COVID-19 become a buying opportunity? Have we seen the bottom, or is the worst yet to come?...
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CSL
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Global X ETFs
Global X ETFs
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Survive to Thrive in India

An economic boom may be defined as a period where GDP growth is high on an absolute basis (above 5%) and higher than the period preceding it. India has experienced...
Mugunthan Siva
India Avenue
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Why the bulls are wrong

Equity markets have bounced well over 20% since the lows just over a month ago, so technically we are already in a new bull market. With peak new cases now behind us,...
Alex Cowie
Alex Cowie
Expert Insights

One thematic with three tailwinds

For every successful tech stock, there are dozens of others in its supply chain, including at least one semiconductor company. And just like the old strategy of...
Livewire Exclusive
Livewire Markets
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SME Lending March Market Perspective

The March ’20 Distribution was the 32nd since the inception of the Aura High Yield SME Fund. We have delivered returns of 9.60% in the last 12 months, and 30.25% since...
Brett Craig
Aura Group
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Buy Hold Sell: 6 companies that are set to come out swinging

In the midst of a crisis, it’s time to start thinking long term. In five years time, what companies will still be growing? Which companies have what it takes to...
Buy Hold Sell
Livewire Markets
Buy Hold Sell

Portfolio strategy: 4 ways to win in a changing world

The lyrics “turn and face the strange” from David Bowie’s 1971 hit song “Changes” could not be a more fitting way to describe the challenges investors are facing...
Buy Hold Sell
Livewire Markets
Expert Insights

The 3D printing boom is coming

In the last two videos Tasha Keeney, US-based analyst for thematic fundie ARK Invest, has shared fascinating insights on how Star Trek-like technologies like...
Livewire Exclusive
Livewire Markets
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Where are we now? Where are we going?

COVID-19 has dominated headlines for months and is influencing rapid change in the way we live and work. Change at any time can be unsettling, but combined with a...
Global X ETFs
Global X ETFs
Rapid Fire

Octopus: The fund with all 8 arms on this $170 billion thematic

While some developed countries have already kicked the habit, Australia still uses coal to generate the vast majority of its power. But things are about to change...
Alex Cowie
Alex Cowie
Expert Insights
Sponsored

A growth company that passed Federation’s fierce filters

Cameron Brownjohn, CEO of private equity firm Federation Asset Management, describes their three step selection criteria for investments as ‘fierce’. In their first...
Livewire Exclusive
Livewire Markets
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A word of advice from one of Australia’s most experienced investors

Hoard your powder and keep it dry. That’s the key message from billionaire Robert Millner, Chairman of Washington H Soul Pattinson (WHSP), for investors in response to...
BKW
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Vishal Teckchandani
Livewire Markets
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Survive, Consolidate and Thrive

At times like these, old contacts of mine start to resurface, asking me what I think will happen next in markets. If I could predict markets, I'd have shorted the...
Alex Cowie
Alex Cowie
Rapid Fire

What's next for AREITs?

Australian Real Estate Investment Trusts (AREIT) have been the best-performing asset class during eight of the last twenty years, and have performed well in most of...
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Alex Cowie
Alex Cowie
Expert Insights
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Underpriced and under-appreciated

It is estimated that 30 gigawatts of renewable energy will come onto the market in Australia over the next decade. Cameron Brownjohn, CEO of Federation Asset...
Livewire Exclusive
Livewire Markets
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5 ways investors are using ETFs right now

Savvy investors have been able to protect themselves against the market carnage by adopting tactical asset allocation strategies using exchange-traded funds (ETF),...
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Vishal Teckchandani
Livewire Markets
Rapid Fire

He called the crash (so what comes next?)

The Australia Day long weekend feels like a lifetime ago now. Back then, there were just 400 cases of Coronavirus, all of which were in some far off place called...
Alex Cowie
Alex Cowie
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Are ETFs to blame for market volatility?

For years concerns have been brewing among a growing number of participants that the staggering rise of index-tracking and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) would lead to...
Vishal Teckchandani
Livewire Markets
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Kessler: "More excited about the value on offer than ever before"

As Warren Buffett famously said: 'Be greedy when others are fearful'. It's simple advice that's pretty easy to give, but much harder to follow, particularly when...
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Alex Cowie
Alex Cowie
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