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Noise and stress testing are important techniques for making a trading strategy more robust. Noise testing simulates random market fluctuations, such as those that...

Transaction cost and slippage analysis are important aspects of evaluating the performance of a trading strategy. Transaction costs refer to the fees and expenses...

Last week we passed an important milestone: the 10-year anniversary of the Forager International Shares Fund. It has been an eventful first decade for our foray into...

“Luxury hasn’t been democratised; it’s been globalised.”– François-Henri Pinault, Chairman and CEO, Kering Demand for luxury goods is growing and global travel is...

By taking a private equity approach to investing in the public equity markets in this difficult market, investors can harness the “best of both worlds” and still...

This episode we are so fortunate to have as our special guest on the show veteran Fund Manager Mr Paul Moore, the Founder, Chair and Chief Investment Officer of PM...

Market downturns are painful to go through and are an unavoidable part of investing.  The way you handle periods when your investment portfolio is declining, can...

Here at Livewire, we are fortunate enough to speak with the country's top investors every day. And if there is one recommendation these pros have consistently repeated...

Nathan is one of the many followers of the FIRE movement (Financial Independence, Retire Early), an ethos that turns its back on mass consumerism, and instead...

The aging population is a well-appreciated phenomenon and a challenge for policy makers around the world. The combination of demographic changes resulting from...

Warren Buffett once observed that “In stocks, it’s the only place where, when things go on sale, people get unhappy.” Which is ironic, because bear markets give...

“Occasionally Berkshire gets a chance to do something. It’s not because we’re smarter. … we’re sane. That’s the main requirement in this business” - Warren Buffett ...

I recently realised that my years of dating terrible boyfriends prepped me for my journey in investment markets. For example, I've learnt that when it sounds like a...

Jim, like many of our readers, spends his days investing and thinking about markets. But unlike many, he does it aboard a boat.  Jim and his wife, Adriana, have been...

Daniel is what some might call a vagabond. Born to a roving police officer in Darwin, he recalls growing up in four different towns across the Top End before...

Investors with a penchant for small caps may know of Simon Conn, the long-standing senior portfolio manager of Investors Mutual's small and mid-cap funds. In this...

In April 2021, a reader, Andrew, suggested we go directly to the Livewire audience and ask them about investing. Soon after, "Meet the Investor" was born. Here, you'll...

It’s human nature that we tend to favour certainty in the stock market. But times of heightened uncertainty can lead to great opportunities for investors who position...

The problem with an international best-seller such as James O'Shaughnessy's What Works On Wall Street is that a reader in Australia can wrestle their way through...

July is a natural time for us to review the financial year just past – both in terms of The Montgomery Fund as well as the investment journey of the broader market....