leverage

There are two key benefits associated with borrowing to invest in Australian equities that can potentially help investors' portfolios.

If there is one thing investors can be sure of it's how uncertain everything is. Will inflation spin commodities into another supercycle? Will Anthony Albanese know...

In the latest episode of the Magellan — In the Know podcast, Hamish Douglass talks to his friend and mentor, Sir Frank Lowy AC, the legendary co-founder of the...

A recent academic paper found that adding leverage to an equity portfolio increased volatility but decreased returns for the vast majority of investors. The higher...

Much has been written about the cause of this financial crisis. At its core, it’s a public health crisis that’s resulted in a financial crisis. Similarly, a lot of ink...

Repurchase agreements (‘repos’) are often used by fixed income managers as a means of adding value to portfolios. Despite their use in portfolios investors may be...

Gold, and precious metals in general, are well and truly back in vogue. As a defensive asset class, but more importantly, as an asset to hedge against the impact from...

One of the themes that emerged from Saturday's extended interview with Ben McGarry of Totus Capital and Steve Johnson from Forager Funds was for investors to check...

The global events that have occurred at rapid pace over the past few weeks have led to unprecedented government policy action from major economies, including the US,...

For professional investors, mistakes are not a rare occurrence. Common wisdom holds that if you get six out of 10 correct, you’re doing pretty well. The key is...