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As countries around the world slowly begin to ease lockdown measures, what impact will this have on the global economy and the appeal of different investment sectors...

In the last month or so, governments and central banks have been the difference between markets continuing to fall and markets starting to find a bit more support....

“The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money .” Margaret ThatcherAs of 30 April, the ATO has approved 900,000 superannuation...

“My model for business is The Beatles: They were four guys that kept each others’ negative tendencies in check; they balanced each other. And the total was greater...

Over the past few months, we have entered a troubling time for the world. Firstly, lives are being lost all over the world, due to COVID-19, with the latest reported...

This year’s Berkshire Hathaway AGM was like no other we’ve seen before, and likely will ever see again. Not only was it performed to an empty stadium, but even Charlie...

The effects, impacts and dislocations of the COVID-19 pandemic have been felt very heavily in the investment markets, and the fluttering of the black swan’s wings has...

In looking at the health of the Australian economy and its ability to recover from Coronavirus shutdowns it is easy to focus on the big end of town. The insolvency of...

“Time in the market beats timing the market – almost always.” - Ken Fisher The idea of being able to time the market is emotionally appealing. After every significant...

With a little over half of the companies in the US S&P 500 index having reported Q1 earnings to date, there are plenty of ways to slice and dice the results. An...

Equity markets have bounced well over 20% since the lows just over a month ago, so technically we are already in a new bull market. With peak new cases now behind us,...

In response to the COVID-19 shutdowns, governments and central banks around the world have embarked on an enormous monetary and fiscal experiment, the scale of which...

A handful of stocks outside the ASX 20 have proved especially popular during the COVID-19 induced stock market rout and (contentious) recovery, according to data...

Self Wealth (SWF) is a platform with a unique product offering that offers flat-price online broking and ancillary services. At present there are 4 separate revenue...

In the AFR today I write that for those willing to fade the extreme moves in financial markets during March, April offered up an immensely profitable case of so-called...

I cannot remember a time when there was more universal agreement amongst analysts that Aussie house prices are going to plummet. Unusually, the major banks are also...

Sit in cash and suffer portfolio drag? Or go “all in” and risk testing the bottom with no bullets to spare? That’s the single most important question on the minds of...

Altium is a highly profitable growth company that operates in the global engineering software applications market, with a specialisation in the Printed Circuit Board...

The Australian iron ore industry is world-class. BHP’s iron ore operation in Western Australia is one of the world’s great businesses. Return on capital employed of...

$5.7 billion of capital was raised this week across 33 placements, although it is worth noting that $3 billion of that tally is attributable to a single monster...