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The biggest question for markets globally is how high will inflation reach and for how long. To understand why it’s such an important question, you need to appreciate...

Recently, there’s been a lot of discussion about whether the significant government stimulus, combined with record low interest rates and unconventional monetary...

From time to time, investors become irrationally enthusiastic. The important thing to note about these manic moments is that the investment theme underpinning them...

In 2017, Mark Schneider left a leading role in healthcare to become CEO of Nestle, the world’s largest food company with over 150 year old history in providing...

In part 1 of this three-part series, we examined the big questions facing the office sector. The conclusion was simple enough; work from home (WFH) will become more...

It is always interesting chatting about the big macroeconomic forces impacting and influencing corporate profits, property prices and job prospects. But our main game...

Today (Monday 28 June), Metcash announced an off-market buy-back of up to $175 million. Off-market buy-backs are tax-effective mechanisms for returning franking...

A monthly wrap-up of interesting and informative media on finance, economics, politics and society that you might have missed. If you think the S&P 500 is overvalued,...

We all know the ATO doesn’t issue arrest warrants via jittery auto-dial phone messages that threaten imprisonment if we don’t “press one” to pay up. And we...

Consistent with trends in past budgets, the 2021 Federal Budget saw the Commonwealth Treasurer identify a further $15.2 billion in new spending on major...

US corporate earnings (S&P 500) totalled US$421 billion, up 27% compared to the first quarter of 2019 (pre-pandemic earnings). At a time when unemployment remains...

Factor investing aims to target quantifiable metrics that can explain differences in security returns. At a high level, these factors are broadly influenced by general...

Investing in lithium over recent years has been an extremely volatile ride which has seen heavyweights like Orocobre (ORE) more than double and then half over just a...

Whether you love or loathe the organisation, Greenpeace knows how to produce a good campaign video. Personally, I love them, but even for me, its ‘KitKat video’ was...

Emerging markets are expected to grow from 58% of global growth today, to 60% by 2025. Despite this, they still account for just a fraction of most Australian...

Savers have long recognised the need to balance income and capital, but recently this has proven difficult as yields of all asset classes have fallen to very low...

A more hawkish Fed may not lift Treasury or investment-grade credit yields, and that raises important questions for fixed income investors and asset allocators.While...

Well, I think we can all agree it's been a strange week. Masks are once again mandatory in New South Wales, borders are shuttered, and travel plans, devastatingly,...

A potential “taper tantrum” as the US Federal Reserve eventually winds back record stimulus is the number #1 macro topic for 2021, Wilson Asset Management portfolio...

This year, Livewire's Top-Rated Funds series debuted to the world. You can now see - with stunning clarity - the performance, fees and returns of the top funds in...