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Bubble, bubble - toil or take profits? This week we heard from bubble spruikers and deniers alike and both posed solid arguments for you to peruse here. Certainly, the...

One of the oft-quoted failed predictions from the start of the technological age is attributed to Ken Olsen in 1977: "there is no reason anyone would want a computer...

We previously wrote about Chalice in October 2020. Chalice has been an outstanding performer for the Paragon Fund, buying in at $0.55/sh in early April 2020 ($145...

The local market had another positive day with global investors buying our big cap market on relatively low turnover. Crowded trades in the micro-cap space continues...

We recently discussed a takeover transaction in Vitalharvest Freehold Trust (ASX: VTH) that offered a favourable risk/reward scenario that has since gone on to deliver...

In line with our analysis earlier in the week, the AFR's Economics Editor, John Kehoe, far and away the most accurate and precise RBA media conduit, has today...

Certainly, one of the biggest market thematic is a return of inflation. We are seeing the spike in housing prices, wage growth, and commodity prices - not to mention...

It is a question that has regularly landed in my inbox this year: I am worried about inflation. How do I protect my investment portfolio? Let me start with the...

Deterra (ASX:DRR) is one of the newer entrants to the ASX, having been de-merged from Iluka Resources (ASX:ILU) in November last year. It also offers something new to...

Plus, strong copper price boosting Stavely’s story and it’s game-on at Colosseum for Dateline. There are half a dozen or so good sized graphite stocks on the ASX with...

Portfolio trends are shifting. No longer can investors and advisers think about asset allocation as a simplistic framework of equities and bonds that span purely...

The content of recent media and academic reports so often represents climate as an insurmountable challenge where vested political, financial, and social interests...

We all love to hear a bull and a bear debate a stock, but no stock seems to get the blood boiling as much as Tesla. It was supposed to be a benign conversation about...

I’m a few days late in tipping my hat to Bob Dylan’s 80th. But he has a line to suit most occasions and this week it’s Ballad of a Thin Man’s ‘something is happening...

The local market had another choppy positive day on the back of global investors buying our market on relatively low turnover. It is a clear signal that global flows...

TODAYS' TRADING HALTS Bryah Resources Limited (ASX: BYH) is seeking to raise $2.95 million at an issue price of $0.075 per new share. For every new share...

As fixed-income investors deal with the sticker shock of globally low interest rates, it makes sense to consider changes in the quality mix when choosing where to...

A reckoning is overdue for stock markets, warns Marcus Burns, co-founder and portfolio manager of Spheria Asset Management. To explain this view, he points to the...

Welcome to Livewire’s Top-Rated Funds Series, where we put the spotlight on some of Australia’s best-rated funds. We’re kicking off this show by featuring six managers...

We here at Livewire Markets are dedicated to separating fact from fiction; modern-day (investing) MythBusters, if you will. We'll be the first to admit we're no...