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The demographic of Australian investor is getting older and with interest rates and bond yields falling to record lows there is a real thirst for income, particularly...

In the 1980 blockbuster, The Empire Strikes Back, Master Yoda utters the line: “Difficult to see. Always in motion is the future”.If Master Yoda hadn’t been a Jedi...

Seasonality of payouts, an over-reliance on the financials and resources sectors, and a lack of dividend growth means that Australian investors would benefit from...

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...

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...

Opinion has been extremely divided about the recent Fed rate cut. Some say it was necessary and prudent, others say it wasn't needed, and there are even those who say...

The investing landscape will remain uncertain for the remainder of 2019, with bond and equity markets seemingly sending contradictory signals, GSFM and its fund...

In this video I look at the 'Great Race' to zero interest rates globally amid economic torpor and record market highs, how record low yields are driving record...

An investor's job can be boiled down to two primary tasks, explains Warryn Robertson, Portfolio Manager at Lazard. First, to predict what a company's cash flows or...

All investors are bound to struggle with emotion, as did Olivia Engel, CIO – Active Quantitative Equity at State Street Global Advisors, at the start of her investing...

Think for a moment about the complexity of designing a car. Over 30,000 individual parts are present in a typical vehicle and the design engineer needs to use all of...

"''Don’t be evil.' Googlers generally apply those words to how we serve our users. But 'Don’t be evil' is much more than that. Yes, it’s about providing our users...

There is a US healthcare stock that has consistently delivered in terms of growth, but has been largely unappreciated by the market. Despite producing large amounts of...

In this month’s Cross Asset Review produced by Foresight Analytics, we look at the outperformance of domestic assets despite losses in global equity markets and rising...

Alphabet’s first quarter result demonstrated a slowdown in websites revenue (advertising revenue from Google websites). The quarterly number only came in 1% below...

There are some wonderfully innovative and disruptive companies in the tech sector, but investors should always be aware that hype and momentum can drive company...

Fund managers all have their own individual processes when it comes to selecting investments. Some will be bottom up, others top down. Jordan Cvetanovski, Portfolio...

It’s not that global mid small cap companies are overlooked by Australian investors, it’s actually more often than not that they simply aren’t aware of their existence...

With the climate of political polarisation, an unprecedented shift in monetary policy, and trade wars all impacting markets globally, you need a safe pair of hands...

Markets have bounced back significantly since the volatile days approaching Christmas last year. Where does that leave valuations now? A 2-minute snapshot on why I'm...