cash

Doesn't knowing some of the worst stock market crashes in history followed soon after setting record highs make you just a little nervous?

Are you missing out on years worth of returns by sitting in cash?

We all value consistency, particularly in our portfolios. When it comes to investing, there’s value in knowing what to expect.

In this wire, we speak to financial adviser to the ultra-wealthy, Charlie Viola, to learn how much cash you should be holding today.

Income investors are now spoilt for choice. Should they dump their Aussie equities and allocate more to cash?

With interest rates sitting at 3.6% and banks paying up to 5% on your savings, cash has once again taken its rightful place on the throne.

A recent Bank of America survey found that professional investors are holding their highest levels of cash in 21 years, with the research house's Michael Hartnett...

CBA's latest hybrid deal (ASX: CBAPL) looks very expensive, even though it offers a superior 5.79% yield to the franked dividend yield on CBA's shares of 5.51%. Now...

In the AFR I write that for better or worse, we live in a twilight zone spanning two worlds. First, there is the old world, where interest rates were to remain...

In this three-part interview series with portfolio manager Bob Desmond we first talked about Claremont’s outlook and strategy. We then ran the tape back a year and...

Everyone is finding it harder to make money - professionals, retail traders, and, as it turns out, the Future Fund. Livewire's Hans Lee takes a deep dive into the...

When we last detailed our outlook for the Australian dollar (AUD), in mid-September, we re-identified the fundamentals of our domestic currency’s worth using a...

When macro maestro Ray Dalio speaks, investors listen. (True, they don't always agree. But they listen.) Especially when the world can't seem to decide what sort of...

Equity allocations have surged to a two-year high. Cash allocations have dropped to the bottom end of the range. But cash "levels" have not changed much at all… Put...

When interest rates on deposits are so low and are likely to stay this way for many years, it is worth checking if you are holding more cash than you require. One...

One of the features of the FY20 reporting season was the excellent cashflow performance of most Australian small cap companies. With the onset of COVID-19, many...

Many of us are now familiar with the impact of low interest rates on our savings. For those unhappy with the meagre return on cash and term deposits, spare a thought...

Many readers of Livewire will be either managing their own portfolios and want to be informed, or they have outsourced the management of their portfolios and are...

For the last decade, the Australian cash rate was high enough that investors could allocate a portion of their portfolio to cash or term deposits and earn a reasonably...

As I reflect on the financial year just gone past it goes without saying that navigating markets through the challenges of COVID has certainly been an experience. This...