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The age-old (and perhaps contentious) saying “time in the market beats timing the market” shouldn't just apply to returns: the experience from being invested at a...

Welcome to week three of August reporting season. It was a huge week as expected, with some big names, reporting some big numbers. We saw BHP and Woodside's...

Welcome back to the August 2021 results season! The FNArena Reporting Season Monitor reports ratings, consensus price target changes, and brief summaries of the...

BHP has endured a tough time after reporting both earnings and a company restructure this week, firstly let’s look at a quick summary of the news, there was plenty of...

Anyone feeling sceptical about inflation would be wise to tune in to the final week of the August reporting season. If the first three weeks is any guide, inflation...

Local market started positive and faded into a mainly flat day. We have just delivered the first week with all 5 days being negative since Feb 2020 (i.e. pandemic...

Over the last few months, we have seen the focus of the world’s media shift from the original COVID-19 strain to its younger sibling – the delta variant. The remainder...

This morning’s confirmation that Woodside is exploring a merger with BHP’s Petroleum assets is an extraordinary development. A development that even 12 months ago...

A singular COVID-19 case emerged in New Zealand the day before the RBNZ monetary policy meeting in August. Without any hesitation Auckland went straight into a 7-day...

We are all familiar with Treasury Wine products. Maybe some more than others in this locked-down world. I know my own alcohol consumption went into overdrive during...

Australia's favourite long-term growth story and biotech darling CSL (ASX:CSL) has reported its full-year results, with net profit after tax up 10% to approximately...

The Chinese market presents an enigma for businesses: On one hand, the sheer size of the population is an enticing prospect as it gradually grows wealthier. On the...

The Australian ETF sector has recorded exponential growth over the last 18-months and, by some estimates, is on track to reach $140bn by 2021 year-end. More recently,...

And again its juniors like Kalium and Trigg which offer the leverage. Plus, African Energy positions for big Queensland copper play and Argonaut sees much upside at WA...

Local market started substantially negative and then recovered some losses to finish negative. Relatively low turnover continued into the nineth week in a row without...

Shares in Boral Limited (ASX: BLD) recently hit an all-time high and the manufacturing and building supplies company is a good example of how we assess...

The spread between yields for sub-regional retail shopping centres and the 10-year bond yield is at or close to multi-decade highs. The spread has not been near the...

There is little doubt that Elvis is in the building, in this case Elvis being elevated data points of price inflation. Central banks are adamant that these data points...

A scarcity of Australian government debt meant that the RBA and APRA had to be creative when implementing the post-GFC global banking reforms, known as Basel 3. The...

COVID-19 has changed the world and the repercussions will be felt in the bond market for several years. But the message from markets is murky, at best. We're at the...