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With more consumers supporting local farming and a demand for sustainable practices driving buying preferences, agriculture investment trends are on the rise....

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

With equity and fixed income markets both in turmoil, floating rate credit has once again delivered exceptional results for investors. Absolute returns of the...

It was a choppy session for the ASX, the market showing early signs of stabilisation to be down only marginally before weakness crept into US futures which dragged...

The quarterly banking statistics from APRA make for interesting reading, and are very easy to misunderstand. Superficially, it appears as if the Aussie banking...

In global real estate, there has been no sector that has enjoyed more demand tailwinds over the past 10 years than industrial. Naturally, the trend in online retail...

China and India are the world's two largest emerging market economies, yet both face an uphill battle as they reckon with COVID and inflation respectively.  In this...

While not technically illegal in Australia, monopolies have always been a touchy subject for regulators. The prospect of "anti-competitive" behaviour is constantly...

In challenging times, the quality of management is paramount to ensure that shareholders capital is well looked after, and companies can survive the battles. Solid...

Italy’s 66th post-war government collapsed in January 2021 when a coalition led by Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte crumbled. President Sergio Mattarella encouraged the...

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...

Investors traditionally flock to defensive asset classes like fixed interest in volatile and inflationary markets, but equities might offer a better defence. It just...

For readers who have yet to discover the great British comedy ‘The Fast Show’, you are in for a treat. I was reminded of one of the show’s characters known as...

More than half of the companies on the S&P/ASX 200 either fully pay or partially pay franked dividends. What are franked dividends and why do investors want to invest...

I have a few sayings written on my desk at work and at home, probably the most useful is simply ‘keep turning up'. By that I mean to continue to do the work, don’t...

Since their 2021 peaks, the share prices of the world’s largest technology companies have recorded breathtaking declines. These once high-flying stocks have seen...

The Emperor’s New Clothes is a classic children’s story first published in 1837 which espouses several life principles that can be applied to investment markets....

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

Right from the early origins of the 4D business, country risk was a key area that we thought needed to play a significant role in our investment process. As truly...

As we approach the end of the 2021/22 financial year, it's time to take stock of what has worked well over the last 12 months. If there was any one dominant theme for...