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WA has downgraded its debt issuance in 2022-23 (ie, FY23) by a large $1.3bn (or 20%) from its September 2021 budget estimate of $6.4bn and by $0.6bn from its...

The conclusion that today's rising rates make private debt securities riskier investments is not as dry cut as you think. Livewire's David Thornton talks to REALM...

Following the four major banks reporting their half-year and quarterly results as at the March 2022 balance date, we have updated our estimates of the amount of...

The Weekly S&P500 ChartStorm is a selection of 10 charts that I handpick from around the web and post on Twitter. The purpose of this post is to add extra colour and...

First, it was "unprecedented". Then, it was "transitory". When that left the airwaves, US Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell told us all to "retire" the word in...

Bear markets can be pretty frightening, no matter how seasoned the investor. However, there are a couple of useful tools and principles that can help us navigate them....

Inflation is unlikely to return quickly to any stable trend levels, with more volatility expected in readings as the world returns to a larger boom/bust cycle. This...

Investing is the antithesis of easy - picking up companies with strong balance sheets or attractively priced stocks is only one-half of the job. The combination of...

Growth and long-duration stocks have been sold off savagely during the first half of 2022. While Nick Cregan of Fairlight Asset Management doesn't disagree with the...

Buying the dips has usually made sense. In the 14 years since the financial crisis, it has generally paid to assume that central banks or the government would ride to...

Investors have been promised an elixir of big returns and low volatility. But the truth is, to achieve outstanding long-term returns, you must be prepared to endure...

The world has enjoyed more than a century of “progress” which has seen developed market industrialisation, huge population growth, globalisation, and the emergence...

As Barry Fitzgerald explains in this wire, explorers can be relied on to serve up a reminder every now and then that impressive exploration results will win out over...

Chris Stott, the head of Australian small-cap fund manager 1851 Capital, has shifted the fund to its most defensive positioning since COVID struck in March 2020 but...

Friday’s green on the screen to round out a bit of shine on a pretty dull week for equities. All sectors traded higher into the weekend, no better exemplified than...

The Australian ASX listed hybrid market generally trades at a premium versus similar securities in the institutional market, meaning listed assets generally produce a...

When America sneezes, the world catches a cold - or maybe even, this time, a plague. The US hands down its April inflation numbers tonight and the whole world will...

A few weeks ago, I wrote about ‘peak inflation’ and why bonds are the ‘most contrarian bet to make right now’. In this wire, I want to explain why that’s...

Note: This article was written on May 6.  Across many asset classes—global equities, fixed income and cash—real returns have been deeply negative over 2022, as...

Bitcoin and Ethereum cryptocurrency ETFs are set to hit the Australian market today. With the markets as volatile as they are, and with more choice soon available...