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The market opened fairly well this morning following a flat session overseas, however weakness crept in at 11.30am following a better than expected employment print...

Entertainment is no longer restricted to the home or an entertainment venue. The proliferation of entertainment options through digital and online services has changed...

Legendary company-maker Michael O’Keeffe, whose timing has been impeccable over the years, has signalled that diamonds are now his best friend. Plus, Genesis...

2019 finished with another busy quarter of travel for the Global Equities team here at Cooper Investors, visiting the US, UK, Spain, Switzerland, China and Japan. We...

Australia’s sharemarket returns have been stellar in 2019. At approximately 24% they have comfortably exceeded the average over the past 30 years of 11% (before being...

Annoyed that a movie ticket and popcorn will set you back $35? You're not alone. Annual cinema attendance per capita in North America has dwindled from 5x in 2002 to...

At 11 years and counting, this is the longest bull market in history - driven primarily by the record-breaking performance of mega caps, led by the technology giants....

While the entire ASX is worth around $2 trillion today, the global high yield bond market is worth around A$3 trillion and is a market that Australian investors can...

The banks have endured a turbulent few years as a result of increasing regulatory constraints, slowing credit growth, and the fallout from the royal commission. 2019...

Podcasts have very quickly become an excellent medium for absorbing all kinds of information. Searching for a new podcast series can be as daunting as scrolling...

Catching a falling knife is usually a bad idea. Get it even slightly wrong and you’ll probably lose a finger or two. Don’t try and catch a falling knife is a warning...

Australians are increasingly buying their first home at an older age. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, between 1981 and 2018 the average age of a...

An often-overlooked topic we come across is understanding how to correctly measure the returns investments earn. And although calculating the return of an investment...

What an extraordinary decade global markets have enjoyed, since coming out of the global financial crisis in 2009. Global markets have been driven by the US market,...

Getting the proportions right when preparing a recipe is more important than the precise provenance of the ingredients. And it’s just the same with portfolio...

The ASX sold off after being left with its own thoughts given there was little in the way of overnight leads today with the US closed observing MLK day last night. The...

It was in 2009 that the first of “The Hangover” movies hit the silver screen. Other than setting the scene of just how long ago 2009 was, the movie contains...

Firstly, I want to wish all readers a very happy and prosperous 2020. The new year has seen equity markets continue their seemingly unstoppable march higher, with...

After such robust performance from equities and bonds in 2019, many investors are now seeking safety in cash. But is cash really the best investment for 2020? In the...

Targeting what Roger refers to as 7/11 (7% income and 4% growth), Palisade's Diversified Infrastructure Fund has returned 10.2% p.a. over the last 10 years (as at 30...