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Owners of Crown hybrids (CWNHB) have one heck of a bet on their hands. Given the current price, holders have taken a strong view that they will be redeemed on or soon...

The continuing rally in equities of all stripes is increasingly being greeted with catcalls and market dissidents declaring the advance outsized and illogical. Media...

The title of this article is a famous quote from Humphrey Bogart which couldn’t be more apt right now. Everyone has a favourite reopening trade. With some travel names...

It was Albert Einstein who reportedly described compound interest as "the eighth wonder of the world", dubbing the process the universe's most powerful force. Whether...

G'day and welcome back to the latest instalment of Off the Charts! where we bring you the biggest headlines of the week on all things investing, and the odd item we...

Why invest The simple answer to the fundamental question of why we invest is of course to make money. Perhaps to build personal wealth, or perhaps to build a...

Local market delivered a choppy flat day on low turnover. We have finished the fifth consecutive week without a double digit $b turnover day. Market started slight...

Back in early 2011, something odd was happening in the Australian share market. Equity strategists at local investment banks and stockbrokers were predicting strong...

Competition under the capitalist system, in theory, works something like this: An entrepreneur has a bright idea. That leads to a business making, or promising to...

International investors appear to be underestimating five global trends that have the potential to shape the direction of markets. These areas of focus—China, Japan,...

The Montgomery Small Companies Fund is diversified across the spectrum of growth. It includes stable compounders, tactical opportunities and structural winners. In the...

The investment case for China has become more challenging over the past few months. We can point to three reasons for this. First, having led the world into COVID and...

Plus, our whisper last week on Rumble proved well-founded but don’t forget Zenith, Beament begins his goodbyes at Northern Star, Sovereign prepares for maiden rutile...

As governments around the world continue to pump the bellows, with record stimulus payments a near-universal feature of economies everywhere, the rotation from Growth...

The local market turned recent weakness to deliver a positive day on “buy the dip” sentiment flowing from the US market. We are in the fifth consecutive week without a...

The real estate investment trust sector is not a traditional hunting ground for the Montgomery Small Companies Fund. REITs tend to be passive asset owners or rent...

Over the past decade, Australian smaller capitalised companies have had to contend with a few unfavourable head winds. Obviously, the COVID pandemic has caused great...

Turbo-charged US economic growth underpinned by record levels of cash stimulus bodes well for global stock investors over the shorter term at least, says Ellerston...

Growth in the video gaming and esports industry is going from strength to strength, with video game engagement breaking records across a variety of metrics. ...

Retail investor participation in equity markets is undergoing rapid change, a trend that has accelerated throughout COVID-19. Retail investors have always been a...