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The insurance companies, and the banks, have received less investor attention and appreciation than we would have thought pre-reporting season. In this wire, I'll...

Riding the wave There is a lot of noise in the market now, with inflation numbers coming in at around 6% in Australia and closer to 8% in the USA. Although interest...

A lot has happened since Signal or Noise last appeared on your screens in June. The US entered a technical recession, UK inflation hit 10%, China went into and came...

If they had a Family Feud question about Cathie Wood, chances are the top answer would read "Tesla". There's a good reason for that. Wood has been bullish on Tesla...

You may have read a few articles over the past few weeks calling for a cataclysmic crash in property prices. Experts such as Christopher Joye of Coolabah Capital have...

A few short years ago, every supermarket across Australia faced a strange phenomenon: toilet paper hoarding. Shelves sat empty as the supply chains couldn't satisfy...

For the last in our 13F series this week, I thought we'd go big and bold. And nothing says big and bold like a professional investor who bought not one but 90 new...

It was the question heard most often during the depths of lockdown... "Where do you want to go when the borders reopen?" Whether it be family reunions in China or...

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...

New York’s Plaza Hotel, in financial circles, is best known for when the finance ministers of France, Japan, the UK, the US and West Germany gathered in 1985 to...

When you think about the ways the world changed through COVID-19, travel - or the lack thereof - springs to mind. It decimated the industry, to put it mildly. ...

Are earnings estimates too high? It’s a question being repeatedly asked, as the market speculates about the economic outlook. But perhaps the first question should...

And it’s not just lithium that’s hot. With mineral sands prices booming due to a supply crunch, Strandline is set to make a blockbuster start to production at any...

The market recouped almost 50% of yesterday’s losses today thanks largely to companies reporting stronger earnings. Some big beats played out which helped to improve...

A challenging macroeconomic backdrop of rising inflation and interest rates has tested investor patience over 2022 and more recent recession fears have done little...

Following on from the surprise invasion of Russia earlier on in the year, recent events related to the growing tension between China and Taiwan have spurred us, to...

Russia invaded Ukraine on 24 February 2022, no doubt expecting a quick and easy triumph in achieving its territorial ambitions. Consistent with the old proverb...

Healthcare is a tough space in which to win. With high barriers to entry and many problems to solve, finding and dominating your niche can be one of the many...

The conversation around positioning for recession is often more difficult for investment advisors, given the bias towards being on the long side here in Australia. ...

The old adage goes “you shouldn’t keep all your eggs in one basket”. It holds true for investing too. On the surface, that all sounds pretty easy. Don’t put all your...