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The US$1.9 trillion of stimulus the US government tipped into its economy in the first quarter of this year continues to flow through world markets. This bodes well...

Local market had a negative day on weak turnover. It started positive and then faded into the China inflation update. The fade turned into more of a slide lower after...

This month we focus on some of the key messages from our review of asset class return expectations and resulting strategic asset allocation (SAA) changes. For the...

You heard it here first - green is the new black. Every investor, young, old, male or female is beginning to understand that the next big investing theme is...

You might not want to think back to what it was like in June last year but I’m going to ask you to do just that. You probably weren’t in the office. More likely, you...

For someone who spends his days assessing the performance of the investment industry's mightiest, Lonsec's Peter Green is refreshingly candid, approachable, and...

The juxtaposition between asset prices scaling new highs while much of the world remains closed for business has investors and advisers wondering where we are in the...

A near-perfect environment for cyclical stocks will unfold over the next year, says L1 Capital’s co-CIO Mark Landau. Alongside depressed share prices and “roaring...

PE ratios, return on equity, net debt-to-equity. All these ratios and metrics are popular among investors, many have a favourite. But how much use are they really? Not...

Games Workshop was founded by three schoolmates in London in 1975, as a manufacturer of wooden boards for games (the founders are no longer with the company).  Not...

Local market had a slight positive day on weak turnover to reverse the slight loss yesterday. We are in the 12th consecutive week with aggregate weekly turnover below...

Mourners grabbing a bunch of roses at the supermarket en route to great aunt Dora’s funeral – or virtual send-off in the case of Victoria - would be oblivious to the...

Recently, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand caused markets to react after announcing that interest rates could be on the rise sooner than expected. The New Zealand...

Convertible bond issuances have hit record levels in 2021 so far, with more than $45 billion of the assets issued in the US alone by the end of May, says Lazard Asset...

A global investment manager, we've helped investors succeed by remaining true to our values and approach.They include a distinctive way of managing money, an emphasis...

It all depends on the price you pay. That’s the philosophy of Patrick Hodgens and the team from Firetrail Investments. It’s easy to get sucked in by high revenue...

Last November, Livewire readers were given a once-off glimpse into one of the most prestigious stock tipping competitions in the country. Unlike many of these...

In the first part of this series, we heard from Mary Manning, portfolio manager, Ellerston Capital, Stephen Kam, Investment Director, Asia ex-Japan equities,...

The millions of people who tuned into the recent Berkshire Hathaway Annual General Meeting (AGM) were rewarded with an unexpected bit of news. When the question was...

There’s huge ambivalence in financial markets at the moment, driven by a range of things. Is inflation going to pick up? How quickly will COVID vaccines be distributed...