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Stay informed on the latest markets commentary from industry experts including Livewire, FirstLinks and Morningstar.

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The 2024 Federal Budget at a glance

Gemma Dale unpacks the keys measures of the Budget and what they mean for you.
14 May 2024 4 min watch

Markets are about to get a whole lot harder

As the world shifts away from one of artificially suppressed interest rates and cheap manufacturing, investors will need to carefully consider how companies are positioned to navigate the new higher-cost paradigm.
14 May 2024 3 min read

Why commodities deserve a place in portfolios

2024 looks set to be another year of reflation and geopolitical uncertainty - with the latter significantly raising the tail risk of a return to problematic inflation, creating what Neuberger Berman calls a a supportive backdrop for commodities.
10 May 2024 3 min read

Board games: two hidden risks for stock pickers?

Allan Gray's Simon Mawhinney thinks two groups with huge influence over our public companies often fall short of helping shareholders.
10 May 2024 3 min read

Sell in May and go away?

Henry Jennings argues the case for embracing risk and how to control, quantify and embrace it.
07 May 2024 3 min read

Why the ASX200 will rise another 8% this year

VanEck’s Cameron McCormack calls for an equity rally and the three sectors presenting opportunity for investors.
29 April 2024 3 min read

What to Watch - Week of 29 April 2024

What to watch: AU retail sales, FOMC meeting, US NFP and key earnings from Apple and Amazon.
28 April 2024 4 min read

Hot Q1 CPI to test RBA’s confidence, but doesn’t force them to rewrite the outlook

Key inflation data rose more than expected in the first quarter on both the headline and trimmed mean measure, driven by rental prices, insurance costs and education. Here is the breakdown on the bottom line and implications to the interest rate outlook.
24 April 2024 4 min read

What to Watch - Week of 22 April 2024

Q1 CPI for Australia (Wednesday) headlines in what is a holiday shortened week given the ANZAC Day Public Holiday (Thursday). We expect Trimmed Mean inflation to print at 0.9% q/q and 3.8% y/y (consensus 0.9/3.9)
21 April 2024 5 min read

Price growth edges lower despite reasonable economy

NAB’s latest quarterly Business Survey shows conditions were steady, with confidence marginally higher, notably in wholesale, finance, and business. Price growth measures are now tracking around a rate that, if maintained, would be consistent with inflation easing towards the top of the RBA’s target range.
18 April 2024 5 min read

Korean corporate reform & a Japan-style market rally

Why Korean regulators are poised to incentivise better use of capital for corporates and the stocks that could benefit.
12 April 2024 4 min read

Why Morningstar upgraded Nvidia’s fair value estimate

Brian Colello discusses Nvidia’s latest earnings and technology– and its share price potential.
04 April 2024 2 min read

Three companies primed for takeover

IML’s Marc Whittaker makes the case for 3 ASX takeover opportunities
03 April 2024 3 min read

Recession surprise may be in store for the US stock market

Montaka’s Chad Padowitz discusses the downside risk for US equities
06 March 2024 5 min read

Have we found ourselves in a stock market bubble?

Fidelity’s Tom Stevenson argues that if we have, it’s early.
29 February 2024 6 min read

Eight key themes to shape markets in 2024

Platinum Investment managers share the opportunities beyond the headlines.
24 January 2024 10 min read