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“How did you go bankrupt?” Bill asked. “Two ways,” Mike said. “Gradually, then suddenly.” Hemingway’s famous line from The Sun Also Rises offers a few parallels to...

Welcome to Charts and Caffeine - Livewire's pre-market open news and analysis wrap. We'll get you across the overnight session and share our best insights to get you...

With the US’ M2 growth decelerating sharply, as opposed to inflation, a significant recession should now be the major concern Alongside the US delivering its second...

Why do we trust money? Paper money or fiat currency* is essentially about trust. We exchange things for money: our labour, something we own like a house or car, or a...

Three investment themes within the Asian region will remain compelling whether the world enters a recession or not, says Fidelity’s Anthony Srom. Electric vehicles,...

In Part 2 of my interview, Barry shares his approach to scaling, how he differentiated Count Financial from the plethora of financial services companies, and what he...

If you have a focus on generating sustainable, regular, and relatively high income returns, investing in listed property securities could work for you. Consider...

Mergers and acquisitions among small- and micro-caps appear to be on the rise, as slowing activity at the larger end of the market rolls over amid higher inflation,...

In Australia, income investing is too often thought of as fully-franked dividend investing. That narrow lens can easily lead to a dividend trap – where investors...

One of the major benefits of analysing commodity markets is that we can look at the current price, inventory levels, and future prices, to better understand how...

Rising rates are like the plague for fixed income portfolios. That is, unless you're Ardea.  When rates go up, so do yields. But when yields rise, the value of bonds...

Pricing Pressures Peaked (Piqued?): The global PMI pricing pressure indicator peaked earlier this year, and if past correlations hold we should expect further...

The BBC’s trilogy ‘Big Oil vs The World’ is a depressing playlist of missed opportunities for climate action since the 1970s. Its episodes entitled ‘Denial’, ‘Doubt’...

For years, the financial press - myself included - has spilt much ink on the woes of retirees and those reliant on the income generated by their investments. With...

Having been an equity analyst previously, I can tell you that reporting season is a combination of excitement and terror. Any analyst knows that if you nail...

Welcome to Charts and Caffeine - Livewire's pre-market open news and analysis wrap. We'll get you across the overnight session and share our best insights to get you...

Equities started this week where it left off, with buyers in full control for the Monday session. Supported by strength in commodity markets and a strong US session...

So much of successful investing is about finding something the market has either missed or is yet to pay attention to. If you can trade on that idea before the market...

The ASX has some extraordinary consumer discretionary businesses – think ARB, Nick Scali, JB Hi-Fi, Breville and Lovisa. And we hold some of these in our small...

Qantas (ASX: QAN) has been in the dog house these past weeks.  From delays and cancellations to staffing shortages; it sure doesn't seem to be "Australia's favourite...