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Many equity market investors seem to be falling into the trap of thinking that interest rates are low purely for their benefit. Ironically, if you were to ask the...

Many people are familiar with investing for retirement — accumulating assets for future use — but investing in retirement tends to receive less attention. Indeed,...

Passive investing continues to grow in popularity. In the US alone, 50% of equities are invested via passive strategies. While low fees are an attraction, history has...

In the 13th century, the writer Ibn Khallikan records the story King Shirham, so enamoured of the game of chess he sought to reward its inventor, Grand Vizier Sissa...

Bored with the Big Four? Tired of Telstra? Have Coles and Woolworths exceeded their shelf life?For yield chasing investors, the small cap sector can offer attractive...

Despite a slowing in global growth, investment markets proved resilient in 2019. Global equities, including the Australian market, have returned close to 20% in AUD...

Towards the end of the market cycle there is little reward for risk. Whilst this is true today, the current cycle is somewhat different to most. Government bond yields...

For the lexophiles (yes this is a thing) amongst us, it’s not the sell side research forecasts for the upcoming year (“cautiously optimistic with expected equity...

The local market initially bucked the overnight weakness seen in the US to chop around par for the morning before selling picked up at lunch to see the ASX200 close...

Kee Gan explains how property assets with yields of 7-9% are being found across the UK as Brexit fears have reduced competition for certain assets. Kee also covers...

New listings have had a bad rap this year with some high-profile stumbles. But do a few bad headlines represent the entire market? Running the numbers across all IPOs...

In Part 1 on the ‘Water Stocks’ I wrote about three companies – SciDev (SDV), De.Mem (DEM) and CarbonXT (CG1). The wire focused on SDV and why the Fund had taken a...

China has recently galloped ahead of the US in terms of the number of unicorns. According to the Hurun Global Unicorn List 2019, there are currently 206 unicorns in...

We believe that 2020 will be the year that really separates the winners from the losers in the monetary policy ‘experiment’ of the past few years. Livewire readers...

A positive start to the week in Oz although a gain of +23pts was a slight disappointment given the strong rally in US markets on Friday. Energy stocks the standout...

Last week we touched briefly on a couple of Aussie defence stocks and how global defence industry spending generally does not wane even during economic slowdowns. This...

Cigna is a health maintenance organisation (HMO) company, otherwise known as a health insurance company. The major HMO companies in the U.S. have seen recent price...

If you’re contemplating investing in the Australian technology space, be warned that not all businesses in the sector are made equal. “I think there are some really...

A trip to China can yield many outcomes for an investor. The sheer land mass and multitude of micro economies can make it difficult to ascertain whether a Hebei steel...

I founded ARK Invest to focus solely on disruptive innovation, primarily in the public equity markets because I believe that innovative public companies with...