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Valued at US$36.2 trillion, the US housing market is nearly five times larger than the Australian market. Yet despite its size, the industry in the US remains plagued...

Fortescue Metals Group Ltd (ASX:FMG) was an IPO while I was working at Patersons (now Canaccord) in Perth during 2003 and it became a significant holding of the UCITS...

We all know Aussie companies love to jump on the Olympics bandwagon, but here’s one with true credentials! In June, I sat down with Rob Scott, CEO of Wesfarmers and...

The invention of electricity. Telephones. Automobiles. The internet. They’re all megatrends that revolutionised the world; powerful transformational forces that have...

The mining giant says lithium demand will grow 25-35% a year for next 10 years. Meanwhile, Pilbara Minerals is cleaning up in the here-and-now as spodumene shortage...

You might think investors are worried about two contradictory things at the moment: Last week's concern about too much inflation on both sides of the Atlantic; this...

While the Nasdaq continues to climb to record highs, it could not be more different for the Chinese equivalent, with the China internet index halving from its peak in...

Local market had a choppy positive day on the back of positive quarterly updates and weak bond yields. Relatively low turnover continues for the seventh week without a...

Livewire readers may be familiar with our 'fascinations'-driven approach to investing. Rather than ease into traditional investing frameworks, such as sector or...

Profit season unofficially kicked off this week with half-year results from diversified resources behemoth Rio Tinto yesterday. Perhaps the most insightful observation...

“Inflation is not a problem.” That seems to be what the bond market is saying, an important bellwether as bonds are particularly ill-disposed towards bouts of...

There are several ways to put cash to work productively, produce better long term, risk adjusted returns and participate in markets more safely than simply betting on...

It is an unfortunate, yet widely accepted maxim that good news doesn’t sell newspapers. If true, papers must be selling like hotcakes at the moment, as it seems the...

While Alphabet is primarily known for the Google search box that allows us to find any information on the internet quickly and simply, it is the immense data...

Local market started negative on US lead and kept sliding on lockdown extension and inflation data. Relatively low turnover continues with seventh week without a...

With the coronavirus ripping through Australia, millions of Australians find themselves once again in lockdown and our lack of mobility is leading to increased video...

The last quarter-century has proved fertile ground for high-quality compounders. Their combination of pricing power and recurring revenues has allowed them to...

In the latest episode of our 'In the Know' podcast, Hamish Douglass is joined by Michael Morrell, former Deputy Director of the CIA, and Ticky Fullerton, the...

Whether investors welcome it - or even realise it - cryptocurrency, or crypto, is having an impact on their portfolios. The immense size of the cryptocurrency...

Local market had another choppy positive day on the back of the miners updates. We are on the seventh week without a double-digit turnover day. Markets are on holding...