australian banks

With August results season around the corner, investors will finally get a clear picture of COVID-19’s impact on corporate Australia. We know it’s going to be bad, but...

With the ever-evolving post-COVID landscape, some investors see risk and others are seeing opportunity. Whenever there is a pivotal shift in market conditions, there...

In the latest iteration of the Firetrail Analyst Series we dive into an incredibly important sector for income investors and SMSFs: Australian banks. Our Analyst Scott...

Sir Benjamin Franklin had some witty quotes: one of my favourites is: “Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.” 1 June marked the day pubs...

The traditional mindset regarding fixed income is that the returns are low and it is a boring asset class. Investing in Woolworths' (ASX:WOW) bonds is not a barbeque...

Bank shares might have staged an impressive recovery from oversold levels - but don’t confuse that with any semblance of investor agreement on where the sector is...

With Australian Banks representing 17% of the S&P/ASX 300 Index, most Australian investors are interested in the outlook for Australian Banks. In the last 5 years the...

While the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is tragic and has been incredibly disruptive to billions of people around the globe, it has provided credit investors with a speedy...

(Ed’s Note: We asked two of our contributors who have strong views on banks to produce a bear versus bull case on this critical sector for income investors and SMSFs....

**Updated 27/05** - With some bank stocks up a whopping 10% at one point in today's session, we asked Romano for his latest view. He said:"Modern investors are using...

They say a picture tells a thousand words and the story for UK financial sector investors could not be more depressing going by the below chart. A theoretical $100...

Now that governments are talking about re-opening the economy, investors can start thinking about the businesses that might provide the best returns as we emerge from...

They’re making Qantas Airways (ASX:QAN) their largest portfolio position, snapping up shares in a sector whose fundamentals are being torpedoed, and underweighting...

Looking back on the start to 2020, it's hard to know where to begin. In Australia, the widespread and devastating bushfires had barely been extinguished by damaging...

Each day the coronavirus pandemic sets another domino to fall. The latest could be bank dividends. It’s now very likely that our banks will cut – or even postpone –...

Since this article on 9th April 2020 we have started to take a few profits - we have a new Livewire Wire explaining that called Taking the Top Off - CLICK HERE. They...

The unprecedented impact of COVID-19 across business and society is invoking a fiscal response last used by wartime governments 75 years ago, according to...

It feels like investors are throwing in the towel on Australian bank shares. With the S&P/ASX 200 Financials Index deep in a bear market after years of...

Don't be fooled by the dividend yields that you might see for the major Australian banks. They are reflecting a rosy vision of the future that is far from certain, and...

CBA beat expectations in a challenging environment for the banking sector. Cash earnings of $4,477m were 2% above the market, driven by a strong NIM (Net Interest...