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Negative leads from overseas had the ASX on the back foot early. However, buyers stepped into the fray and bought stocks into weakness, pushing the index up near...

The rally in 10-year bond yields over the past six months has seen the spread differential between 10-year and 3-month bond yields fall to -30 basis points....

We consider three different investment managers that vary by dependence on the level of quantitative analysis and implementation. Each methodology has their own...

Central banks have made their moves. Politicians have delivered key announcements. What do these mean for financial markets for the rest of the year and into 2020? On...

Not every stock will play the same role within a portfolio. Some companies will be in a portfolio for valuation reasons, others will be there because of their...

Partners Group, which manages $120 billion in assets globally, has a credo of “The client is in the middle”, with a sign on the Investment Committee’s wall reminding...

Are equities currently expensive and is now a good time to invest? We have been asked this question often by investors who are searching for a return above cash,...

Investors have it all wrong. In a world of zero or negative interest rates, investors are being forced to chase return. The baby boomer generation (retirees) are all...

In an extremely challenging operating environment, characterised by falling house prices, declining wages and a subdued consumer, JB Hi-Fi has once again defied the...

Management quality is critical for company performance, and it’s not unusual for stock prices to jump on the news of a star hire. But what are some of those qualities?...

What is compounding? Albert Einstein is reported as saying that compound interest is “the eighth wonder of the world. He who understands it, earns it; he who doesn’t,...

A reasonable day for local stocks with the market overcoming much of the early weakness to end the session largely flat, the Health Care sector was best on ground,...

Once upon a time there was an Asian country that had a large trade deficit with the United States. The US said this country manipulated its currency, engaged in unfair...

Something has gone amiss with my messaging to investors, maybe? At the recent National Conference organised by the Australian Investors Association (AIA), I showed a...

It’s not often that you encounter an investment that hasn’t had a negative year of returns. Partners Group started investing in private debt in 2006 and have an...

Nick Griffin, the founding partner and Chief Investment Officer at Munro Partners, is a self-described "growth" investor. In a world where labels are often confusing...

Just the other day I was talking to one of my school friends who's a Livewire reader and I asked him how he was finding some of the new features we've released this...

Gold investors globally have been cheering in recent months as the USD gold price hit prices not seen since 2013. But for Australian producers and investors, the story...

There is a simple secret to building long-term wealth - earn consistent, attractive returns on capital, re-invest these returns and allow them to compound and...

In the second part of our Q&A, Tony Cousins, Chief Executive & Chief Investment Officer at Pyrford International, discusses some Aussie stocks that tick all of his...