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Dr Philipp Hofflin: Beware of the widest moats

Dr Philipp Hofflin was a late starter when it came to investing. That’s because he dedicated years of his life to academic study, ultimately earning a PhD in...
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James Marlay
Livewire Markets
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The best investors buck consensus thinking

During his recent visit to Sydney, Kevin Charleston, Chairman, President and CEO of Loomis Sayles & Company, a Boston-based asset manager with $250 billion under...
Alex Cowie
Alex Cowie
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Why a world of opportunity awaits bond investors

There is an amazing breadth of opportunity in global fixed income, with many investors not realizing the sheer volume of trading that takes place and the size of bond...
James Marlay
Livewire Markets
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Finding future leaders (and why we still like Altium...)

Fidelity's Future Leaders Fund recently made history when it won Morningstar’s small-cap Aussie equities ‘Fund Manager of the Year’ award for the second consecutive...
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A century of dividends

In the last 117 years, Australia has seen two World Wars, the Great Depression, the introduction of the motor car, 30 Prime Ministers, and every year, Washington H...
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The Rules of Investing
Livewire Markets
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Simon Doyle: Solving the portfolio puzzle

In 2007, Simon Doyle found himself in a tricky situation, confronted by a room of agitated investors. The returns of his portfolio, whilst positive, had not kept up...
James Marlay
Livewire Markets
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Podcast: The hottest investment theme on Earth

When Al Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth” was released 13 years ago, it brought the issue of climate change to the fore of people’s minds around the world. It might...
The Rules of Investing
Livewire Markets
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Podcast: Investing in Global Disruption with Jeff Cole

This week’s guest on the podcast is Jeff Cole, Founder and Director of The Center for the Digital Future, and a member of the investment committee for the E&P Global...
The Rules of Investing
Livewire Markets
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Vimal Gor: The world can’t handle higher rates

Vimal Gor, Head of Bond, Income and Defensive Strategies at Pendal Group, says there’s just one fundamental driver of all asset prices. That driver is liquidity and...
James Marlay
Livewire Markets
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Padley: The problem with "buy and hold"

Popular wisdom from the likes of Warren Buffett, Jack Bogle, and Burton Malkiel (author of A Random Walk Down Wall Street) states that it's near-impossible to...
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Cooper reviews the Cooper Review

10 years ago, Jeremy Cooper, now Chairman of Retirement Income at Challenger, chaired the Federal Government’s Super System Review, commonly known as the Cooper...
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The Rules of Investing
Livewire Markets
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What keeps Charlie Jamieson up at night?

Do you remember last year when US 10-year government bonds cracked 3%? I do. Everyone started talking about flattening yield curves, a potential recession in the US...
James Marlay
Livewire Markets
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7 questions with Roger Montgomery

For two years now, Roger Montgomery has been warning investors of a pending housing crash. While these claims were initially met with scepticism, as the data has...
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Quickfire Q&A with the fundie up +42.9% in 2018

The last four months of 2018 were brutal for investors everywhere. October was particularly painful, with most managers off by -5 to -10%. So it caught my eye when I...
Alex Cowie
Alex Cowie
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Quickfire Q&A with Ben McGarry

As volatility has picked up in recent months, many investors who thought they were protected in a down-market have quickly discovered otherwise. Asset consultants have...
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Patrick Poke
A Rich Life
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Chris Stott: One last call

At age 37 Chris Stott has called time on his investment career at Wilson Asset Management. Given the current state of markets I took the opportunity to have one final...
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James Marlay
Livewire Markets
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Fresh ideas from Future Generation

This week on The Rules of Investing podcast, we've got a special episode featuring three guests from Future Generation (ASX:FGX & ASX:FGG). The Future Generation...
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China: Will they have the last laugh?

Two of the world’s largest economies are going head-to-head and investors are fretting. Will the United States and China make a deal? Will tensions ensue and tariffs...
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The value in being contrarian

Contrarians can be a lot like teenagers: they think they’re all different but end up looking the same. This however, is not true of this week’s guest, Tim Hillier from...
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Seb Beloe: 3 big themes for the long-term

WHEB Asset Management is a UK based fund manager at the forefront of the growing movement in Impact Investing, they are also leaders in measuring the impact associated...
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Livewire Markets
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Matthew Kidman: Uncut

Regular readers of Livewire will know Matthew Kidman from his role as ‘Anchorman’ for the popular Buy Hold Sell video series, and for expertly moderating panel...
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James Marlay
Livewire Markets
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Another way to yield 6%

With franking credits in Labor’s sights, and half of Aussie income coming from a handful of stocks in sectors under duress, we asked Dan Pennell, Senior Portfolio...
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The core of any good portfolio

Fixed interest is a core part of any good portfolio, but just how well is the asset class understood? In this exclusive Q&A with Livewire, Jay Sivapalan, Co-Head of...
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Two small cap ideas for the long-term

This week’s guest on The Rules of Investing is Alex Milton, the Principal and Co-portfolio Manager at NovaPort Capital, a small cap and microcap fund manager with an...
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Platinum: The opportunity of a generation

If you’d invested $20k with Platinum Asset Management when the firm opened in 1995 you’d be sitting on around $320k today, a return of ~12.6% per annum*. However, the...
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