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A bullish but quiet session to kick off the week with the market opening sharply higher but losing some direction as the day progressed, no trade in the US tonight...

Just like the end of a calendar year, July is a time for reflection for investors. I've seen FY21/22 already been described as a year of "all pain and no gain" - a...

Once the domain of institutional investors, private market investing is going mainstream and may even reach a value of $30 trillion in the years ahead. Urs...

When investors write the history books, chances are the 2022 chapter will read something along the lines of "making money was rough and tough." The S&P 500 has had...

If you invest in any form of fixed income – whether bonds, managed funds or private credit – you’ve probably heard the word "duration" used. But why does a measure...

In this episode of Inside The Rope, David is joined by Ian Beatty the Managing Partner of SecondQuarter a fund that primarily invests in growing but commercially...

When America sneezes, the world catches a cold. The US is already halfway to a technical recession, with the most recent quarter recording a slight contraction. And...

The last 12 months have been a tale of two halves for investors in Australian equities. The first six months to December 2021 saw the market slowly grind upwards,...

Positive returns and surging fund flows - not words we've written often in recent weeks, but that's what parts of the Alternatives asset class are seeing currently....

Investors scrambling to identify the potential signs of a reversal is a common feature of every bear market. While there is no foolproof indicator, a glance at what...

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...

The Starbucks ex-czar Howard Schultz once said that "success is best when it's shared". While success means many different things to different investors, chances are...

Tech stocks have borne the brunt of the recent sell off in equity markets. And while the Nasdaq is firmly in bear market territory, unprofitable tech stocks have been...

The Weekly S&P500 ChartStorm is a selection of 10 charts that I handpicked from around the web and from Twitter posts. The purpose of this wire is to add extra...

It’s a common and constantly asked question: “what will Warren Buffett do next?” In the U.S., its answer has practical importance. If you’re a hedge fund or other...

For the first time in its history, bitcoin has broken below its previous cycle's high. The previous cycle's high was US$19,783 in December 2017, and on June 19th,...

If Australia has an Achilles’ heel it’s the high level of household debt that has accompanied surging home prices over the last 30 years. Of course, in the absence...

Alexandra always wanted to manage money, even from a young age. It probably won’t surprise you to learn then that she repeatedly nabbed the role of “the banker” as a...

Welcome to the very first edition of Signal or Noise - Livewire's brand new series dedicated to data and economics. Our mission for this series is simple - to make...

Revelations by US cybersecurity firm Mandiant that China had resorted to cyberwar tactics in an effort to protect its stranglehold on the strategically-important rare...