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Local market was flat as a pancake after damning weak job data driven stimulus hope in the US was waved away by US Fed flagging inflation is back baby!!! Job data was...

In today's investment webinar, Nucleus Wealth's Head of Investments Damien Klassen, and Head of Operations Shelley George are joined by prolific trader, avid...

Gold was threatening to recover over recent weeks only to plunge over $US60 an ounce on Friday. When I reviewed the market on Saturday morning, I could almost hear a...

In December 2020, 5,137 Livewire readers fired up their spreadsheets, tweaked their assumptions and gazed into their crystal balls before nominating the stocks they...

If you don't think public equities are getting a bit crowded, consider this. The past year saw a whopping nine million Australian adults invest outside their home and...

Those hunting for bears - grizzly and investment expert alike - will be very much disappointed to find no such creature in their midst at the outset of 2021. Instead,...

Buying high-quality businesses at reasonable prices and holding them for the long term is generally accepted to be the best approach for finding great stocks. But how...

The local market delivered a positive day on bond yields coming back and the short squeeze in the Tech sector. Turnover remains weak and global investors remain key to...

In December, markets drifted to slightly higher yields as the broader risk complex pushed higher in expectation of continued economic recovery into 2021. This capped...

We expect the global economy to continue its transition from hurting to healing in 2021 and make good progress on the long climb back to its pre-crisis trend (as we...

2020 was a year of shocking, frustrating, and sometimes thrilling firsts. The first global pandemic in a lifetime. The first time a company hit $2 trillion. The first...

Much has been written about the great value rotation in the past few weeks. To be fair, despite many predicting the premature death of value investing it was probably...

The long, long bull market since 2009 has finally matured into a fully-fledged epic bubble. Featuring extreme overvaluation, explosive price increases, frenzied...

Just when you thought enough records were broken in 2020, the greatest inflows to value vs. growth in history takes place. By now everyone’s likely to have read...

Long-term bond yields continued to creep gradually higher in December as the prospect of further significant near-term monetary stimulus eased in line with an...

When investors choose to invest internationally, they need to consider the implications of movements in the Australian dollar relative to the associated foreign...

Local markets squeezed out a slight positive day on low turnover with bond yields pulling back from the overnight peaks. US 10 year bond yield ran above 1.18% and then...

After a year many would describe as the most challenging in recent memory we are optimistic on the human spirit bouncing back in 2021. Whether it be reigniting the...

A recent magazine cover highlights the current mood in stock markets. The collapse in March seems like a distant memory given that most stock market benchmarks around...

2020 started with controversy over stamping fees paid on LICs/LITs at IPOs. I did not have strong views on the stamping-fee issue but was critical of the quality of...