Insights

This week we look at Aconex, Premier Investments, Myer, TPG and Kathmandu.

Two esoteric sounding but important issues are emerging in the finance industry. How do these affect you?

Another quiet day is in prospect for markets as traders wind down for Easter. With little on the economic calendar until next week, markets appear content to linger around current levels. Investors have been given little reason to change their outlook in recent days.

The market for ASX-listed ETFs would be far more unruly, and unsafe, if not for a small group of professional traders who police it.

Better days. Lower volumes, calmer markets and modest gains. It may not last, but this week Australian investors are relaxed and comfortable in a holiday shortened week. Overnight, small rises in shares and commodities pushed Asia Pacific futures markets slightly higher, suggesting a further lift at the open today ahead of data releases.

New picks for our income and growth portfolios.

We want to take advantage of the strong stream of dividends on offer.

Why we're upgrading the stock and adding it to the Growth First model portfolio.

Here are five opportunities that have captured the small caps legend's attention.

There are well known hurdles to jump, but the copper producer is taking control of its balance sheet and chasing new projects.

A better, albeit shortened, trading week beckons following gains in US and European shares on Friday night. The local futures expiry last week, and fairly clear market calendar mean trading is likely to quieten down with a positive bias as investors prepare for the Easter long weekend.

The US Federal Reserve has once again come to the market rescue at its overnight meeting. A conciliatory statement, an acknowledgement of global market reality and a slower implied course of rate hikes sparked a surge in risk appetite

A sudden swoon on the NASDAQ may force Australian offshore investors back to the drawing board.

As tech stocks bite, an old investing approach is back in the good books.

One of our favourite growth stocks makes its biggest move so far.

The patterns are there - Australia could be in for stellar growth in the years ahead.