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One glance at today's headlines would be enough to make a lesser investor pull stumps and hit the showers. The NASDAQ is a bonfire, with roughly a third of its value...

The prophets of doom are blowing their recession horns. Accordingly, investors want to hold assets that can act as bulwarks against whatever's driving recession -...

In the AFR I write that after 12 years of Liberal leadership, encompassing four premiers and four treasurers, NSW is sadly degenerating into one of the worst run...

"Evidence at the coal face suggests customer demand remains incredibly strong," says Pilbara Minerals (ASX: PLS) managing director Dale Henderson, as detailed in the...

What do you get when you mix an energy crisis, underinvestment in old energy, and global net-zero targets? Answer: demand for battery metals and the stocks that ride...

  The ETF Securities Partner Series joins with Australian and international investment professionals to discuss the big issues of the day and what these mean for...

It was certainly a ‘risk on’ session today with the Small Ordinaries (+3.20%) creaming the large caps (+0.77%) while drilling down into the relative sector...

A few weeks ago, I spoke to Bennelong Fund Management's Carl McMinn to discuss the changing market environment, what’s ahead for the sector, and how Quay is...

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...

In late 2020, as COVID took hold, crypto took off, and markets everywhere seemed to decide, as one, that the only way was up, a new generation of retail investors...

At a time of severe equity market gyrations, an uncertain macro outlook and geopolitical risk, there’s one Alternative asset class that might provide peace of mind....

Rate hikes are an exceptionally blunt, roundabout way to kill today's inflation. US Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell acknowledged as much in his address to...

Even the defensive characteristics of listed property are being tested in the current environment, the Australian Real Estate Investment Trust sector declining...

A-REITs have been a key beneficiary of cap rate compressions and falling interest rates in the past 10 years. With the RBA raising rates for the first time since...

"In a negotiated purchase of a business, you’re almost always dealing with someone that has the option of either selling or not selling, and can sort of pick the time...

The US equity market has now entered its third bear market (greater than 20% market sell-off) in under four years – the quickest hat trick in at least 120 years....

In this three-part interview series with portfolio manager Bob Desmond we first talked about Claremont’s outlook and strategy. We then ran the tape back a year and...

A fairly muted session today on the ASX with the defensive sectors doing well while those exposed to economic weakness struggled. Energy is at the pointy end of...

AustralianSuper announced last year its plans to double its private equity exposure over the next five years. The Future Fund is speaking of a “new investment order”...

A key finding from the RBA’s Saunders-Tulip model of the housing market that we have emphasised in judging the outlook for house prices is the extreme sensitivity of...