Yesterday
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
How the Chook fund beat the pack again
The year 2019 will go down as one of the seven best in the near 30-year history of compulsory superannuation. Here's how the Chanticleer managed super fund performed.
- Tony Boyd
This Month
- Analysis
- Paris Agreement
BlackRock seeks to regain lost ground in climate fight
The world’s largest asset manager has been talking about the risks of global warming for years. Yet critics argue that it has failed to live up to its own rhetoric.
- Updated
- Attracta Mooney and Owen Walker
- Opinion
- Disruption
Three lessons from Tesla's rise to the top of the auto industry
Investors have, quite rightly, decided electric cars are now the future - and they are backing the company that got there first, not the old giants still desperately trying to find a way to catch up.
- Matthew Lynn
Ditching the rule book helps this fund manager succeed
Dumping old school valuation tools like price-earnings ratios helps Insync's Monik Kotecha deliver consistent outperformance, especially in the fast-moving digital sector.
- Tom Richardson
Gold's attraction is a double-edged sword
The Iran-US flare-up saw investors pile into gold as a safe haven that topped $US1600 an ounce. But which way the gold price heads in 2020 remains up for debate.
- Tom Richardson
- Analysis
- Rich families
The year Indian tycoons faced bankruptcies, jail and death
The tables turned on many of India's wealthiest last year as a new bankruptcy law prompted bankers to call in their debts.
- P R Sanjai and Bhuma Shrivastava
- Analysis
- Activist shareholders
Wake-up call for boards as activists doubt their capability
The forces behind the uptick in shareholder activism have been building for a decade.
- Tony Featherstone
December 2019
If you'd put $US10,000 in these assets in 2019, here's what you'd have
This year’s standout investments come from places like Russia, Greece and Ukraine. ‘It’s been sort of fun trading this,’ AxiTrader’s Innes says.
- Gregor Stuart Hunter and Eric Lam
- Opinion
- Performing arts
Investing in music can be idol speculation
It's not just scandals involving sex, drugs and bribery that are chewing into lucrative K-Pop entertainment stocks.
- The Lex Column
- Analysis
- Investing
Populism matters to markets, says Michael Hintze
Populist parties and protest can shape policies and drive market volatility, warns the billionaire investor.
- Hans van Leeuwen
- Opinion
- World markets
Relief all round as uncertainty lifts
Global markets are ending the year on a high note as a US-China trade deal and a UK Conservative landslide bolsters hopes for an economic rebound.
- Robert Guy
Why it's time to get serious about India
The emerging economic superpower offers huge potential for growth – more than twice that of developed countries – and possible hedge against trade war fallout.
- Tony Featherstone
How to invest in India
ETFs shine brighter in rising markets; in times of volatility, investors often wish they had professionals overseeing their capital though active funds.
- Tony Featherstone
- Opinion
- Investing
Why Yum China is a tasty prospect
Yum China is the main franchise for KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell in China and could be set for a re-rating when meat prices moderate, writes Greg Smith.
- Greg Smith
- Opinion
- Investing
Geoff Wilson sees significant LIC opportunities
Long-time champion of listed investment companies Geoff Wilson weighs into the LIC NTA discount debate with a robust defence of the LIC structure.
- Geoff Wilson
Why the right CEO matters more than ever
Investment professionals want to see evangelical zeal from CEOs and a focus that extends beyond the next pay cheque.
- Stewart Oldfield
- Opinion
- Ethical investing
Investors can change the narrative on climate transition
Whatever pressure ultimately comes from investors, politicians must set the policies that discourage pollution and enable rival energy technologies to emerge.
- Jonathan Ford
- Opinion
- Investing
Shutting out noise is the key to investment success
This year, success came to those able to block out the noise, remain committed to their portfolio and the quality of their stocks, writes Elio D'Amato.
- Elio D'Amato
- Opinion
- Investing
Alibaba offers market share and growth potential
China’s largest e-commerce player, Alibaba Group,is positively leveraged to a rebound in the Chinese economy and stock markets, says Greg Smith.
- Greg Smith
November 2019
- Opinion
- Currencies
Stories of forex trading 'heroes' belie a quiet market
Tabloid tales of currency trading whiz-kids are back. But they shouldn't be.
- Updated
- Katie Martin
