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Global MarketsGlobal stocks remained in a upbeat mood last week, still basking in the after-glow of the US-China trade deal and continued encouraging signs of...

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released its November 2019 labour force numbers, which include employment and unemployment data. The figures were better than...

If you want to search for weaknesses that could lead to another financial crisis, banks are a very good place to start. The last financial crisis saw banks around the...

Do you remember in 2018 when everyone was selling everything, and the so-called smart money was convinced the US and global economies were heading into recession? It...

2019. What a year it’s been. Headlines were dominated by trade wars, franking credits, astronomical multiples for tech stocks, failed IPO’s, the long-awaited crash...

A key focus area for Nucleus currently is the lack of inflation and stagnant growth we’re seeing worldwide. With that in mind, we brought on ex-fund manager and avid...

There are so many reasons why it makes commercial sense for resource companies to be leaders in environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors, so BHP’s ‘Social...

Each fortnight on my podcast, The Rules of Investing, I ask my guest whether they’ve read, watched, or listened to anything recently that they really enjoyed, or which...

This time last year we invited five fund managers to pitch their #1 stock picks for 2019 and with just a handful of trading days left in 2019 it’s time to review the...

You would usually think that long-term share investing and playing roulette are at the complete opposite ends of the spectrum as far as making money goes. Yet these...

Credit Suisse believes global growth will be a sluggish 2.5% in 2020 with a mild recovery in industrial production. A de-escalation of the trade war should lead to a...

Another session where stocks were in a holding pattern today with the news flow dominated by the impeachment of President Trump, only the third time in Americans...

Here we take a look at the Medical Diagnostic industry, and the Pengana High Conviction Fund’s largest holding in the company Photocure – which has been a wonderful...

A strong year for equity performance has seen the ASX200 increase more than 25% year to date. It’s all been driven by re-rating. It was recently put to us that this is...

2019 has been a very strong year for fixed income returns. Only one year ago the consensus was for higher interest rates, with the concern that higher bond yields...

When Marcus Padley paid a visit to our Melbourne studio last week, we didn't miss the chance to ask about his 'Penniless at 100' wire, given that it received more...

2019 was a very strong year for the Australian sharemarket with ultra-low interest rates and record low bond yields pushing global sharemarkets higher. This was...

If you were to guess what’s in the portfolio of income specialist, Plato Investment Management, you probably wouldn’t have put growth juggernaut, CSL, on your list....

Sometimes the most basic principles can be the ones that are most easily overlooked. When investing in small caps, balance sheet strength is not only important for...

Currently we are seeing a repeat of the late 1990s, with the US equity market powering on, while profits, as measured by the National Income and Product Accounts...