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Equities

Insurance Brokers: Good investments for the age of risk & uncertainty

Which types of companies are best positioned to navigate and even benefit from this sort of environment? Our answer: Insurance Brokers.
Steven Glass
Pella Funds Management
Asset Allocation

You are underestimating your equity risk

Valuations of equity indices aren't great timing tools for short-term returns, but what about risk?
John Bilsel
Innova Asset Management
Macro

Tight(er) financial conditions will end the bull market

Since the late-1980s they’ve mostly been lax. But at some point they’ll constrict and remain tight – and the 40-year bull market will end.
Chris Leithner
Leithner & Company Ltd
Education

To lift your returns, swap these risks

If you want to commit fewer loss-making errors, you must accept more gain-foregoing ones. I establish and justify this crucial exchange.
Chris Leithner
Leithner & Company Ltd
Education

Risk is your friend - you should manage it, not avoid it: Part 2/2

Why many investors confuse fear and risk, and what to do about it.
Sebastian Ferrando
Koda Capital
Education

Risk is your friend - you should manage it, not avoid it: Part 1/2

Why many investors confuse fear and risk, and what to do about it.
Sebastian Ferrando
Koda Capital
Equities

Do higher risk investments earn higher returns?

According to finance theory, stocks are correctly priced and investors must take more risk to earn higher returns. Is this true in practice?
Delian Entchev
Aoris Investment Management
Education

Howard Marks' secret to investing success

The co-founder of Oaktree Capital talks opportunity cost, the importance of risk to investing, and their similarities to a game of chess.
CSL
Hans Lee
Livewire Markets
Education

Investor behaviour in uncertain times

How well do you know yourself? Biases, timeframes, and the impact of investment decision making.
Michael Goldberg
Collins St Value Fund
Asset Allocation

Three indicators that point to recession, and what you should do about it

The Fed has taken interest rates to restrictive levels. The risk of recession is growing. It is time to reduce risk, and build resilience.
Isaac Poole
Ascalon Capital
Education

Dumb Money: Don’t believe the hype

Why fear of missing out can make you lose out
Chris Conway
Livewire Markets
Education

How to manage risk in your portfolio

Most of us tend to be better at buying and holding stocks than we are at selling. After all, buying is the fun part – it’s when optimism is kicking in. But knowing...
CNU
FMG
+2
Sean Sequeira
Australian Eagle Asset Management
Commodities

Where to from here for energy stocks?

Being able to turn on a light is dependent on the stability of each link in what is a long, complex energy supply chain. An issue affecting any of these links can...
ALD
STO
+3
Benjamin Goodwin
Merlon Capital
Investment Theme

How much cash are you holding right now?

When markets go sideways, there are numerous levers equity fund managers can pull to dial down risk. Almost all can change their sector weightings and stock...
WAA
WAM
+3
Chris Conway
Livewire Markets
Asset Allocation

Four key reasons for adding risk into Q4

It’s probably one of the great understatements to describe markets in the third quarter as “challenging”, with July’s initial bounce in global equities giving way to...
Tim Toohey
Yarra Capital Management
Expert Insights

Striking the right balance in bonds, as interest rate risk returns

There are degrees of risk in equity markets – a long-established large-cap banking stock is (generally) less volatile than a micro-cap mining play – and there are...
Glenn Freeman
Livewire Markets
Expert Insights

The one thing that could cause market Armageddon

Say what you will about the film, but I thoroughly enjoyed 1998-smash Armageddon. For those who haven't seen it, NASA agents discover a large asteroid is set to hit...
Ally Selby
Livewire Markets
Equities

Don’t ask 'Will it rain?' Take an umbrella in case it does

People often leave their house or car, look to the sky and ask themselves: "Is it going to rain?" But for us at Talaria it’s fundamentally the wrong question. The...
Chad Padowitz
Talaria Asset Management
Funds
Sponsored

Volatility is back. And we've got you covered

After years of historically low market volatility since the 2008 financial crisis, investors can expect much larger swings in asset prices in the next few years....
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abrdn
Expert Insights

3 risks and 3 opportunities that MLC has identified within the market

Nosebleed market valuations are starting to price in a choppier recovery than was initially expected – courtesy of COVID’s Delta wave – but stock prices remain a key...
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Livewire Markets
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