Investor Insights

January 21, 2021

6 common investing mistakes and how to avoid them

By Roger Montgomery

In this article Livewire shares six common investing mistakes. Cheap brokerage, low interest rates and government handouts drove a record number of new investors to the stock market in 2020. According to a report from ASIC, 140,231 new investors made their first direct share purchases between 24 February and 3 April last year.
January 19, 2021

20 experts share their top money tip

By Roger Montgomery

In this article for Canstar 20 experts share one money lesson they think everyone should know.   I have shared mine: As soon as you have been paid, pay yourself first and then invest it immediately so that it starts working for you.  You can read what everyone else would say here.  
January 14, 2021

The most-tipped small caps for 2021

By Gary Rollo

Each year Livewire Markets readers tip their favourite small cap stocks. In 2019 the top 10 tipped small-cap stocks gained 43 per cent for the year, while 2020 lifted 6. 8 per cent. Nearly 5,200 Livewire readers made submissions for this year’s top ten.
December 4, 2020

The stock Chris Demasi is quietly excited about

In this article for the Australian Financial Review, Chris Demasi answers seven questions by Vesna Poljak on topics ranging from a stock he is excited, impacts from the US election and  about to where you can find a good pasta in Sydney! Did you adjust your position in SAP after the third-quarter result?
November 23, 2020

Pitfalls of chasing growth over value

By Roger Montgomery

In this article for the Herald Sun Roger questions whether it is time to tilt your portfolio towards income and yield stocks.  As rates approach zero, we believe a final wave of investors who have suffered from inertia will finally give up on their savings and seek to invest elsewhere. Read here.
November 23, 2020

The uncertainty of chasing true value

In this article for the Herald Sun Andrew discusses logical analytical steps that can be taken by diligent investors to ascertain, with some degree of accuracy, the true value of businesses — or range of values more typically — with a reasonable degree of confidence. Read here.
November 3, 2020

ASX edges up ahead of big decisions

By Roger Montgomery

In this article for 7 News Steven Deare discusses the Aussie market return and what’s in store with decisions of the US election and RBA monetary policy meeting to come. Steven shares Roger’s thoughts that the media coverage of the results would dwarf that of the RBA decision.
October 27, 2020

Stocks that will take off after a vaccine

By Gary Rollo

In this article for the Australian Financial Review Mark Draper discusses the companies whose share prices will re-rate very quickly if a vaccine for COVID-19 is developed. Mark draws on Gary’s two picks, Webjet and Tyro Payments as companies to watch as potential beneficiaries of a vaccine. Read here.
October 26, 2020

Ross Greenwood’s The Money Minutes 23.10.2020

By Roger Montgomery

Roger joined Ross Greenwood on The Money Minutes to discuss the outlook for markets and the potential impact of the US election. People associate the economy with the performance of the stock market, although there’s no correlation over a 1-year period. Even in an economy that isn’t going so well, there will still be businesses growing very strongly.

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