Insights

Markets returned to meltdown mode overnight as Fed inspired uncertainty and Asian Development Bank estimated growth downgrades slapped sentiment ahead of crucial PMI readings over the next twenty four hours.

Investing during times of market stress and volatility can be difficult. For this reason it's useful for investors to keep a key set of things - call them rules - in mind.

After a nerve rattling drop in the elevator yesterday, the Australian share market is climbing the stairs of recovery today. A lift in consumer confidence and better than expected growth in Q2 house prices is also adding support.

Tom Millner of BKI Investments (and the Millner family) joins us in the studio, while Justin Braitling of Watermark Funds Management will take your questions.

Yield seeking investors should be wary of buying resources stocks if they are looking for both income and capital preservation.

Thorney Opportunities Fund has forged its own path to become an activist Listed Investment Company known for identifying high potential companies in the small cap sector.

As shares have tripled since February, it's time to consider whether NTC is likely to win a major overseas contract.

Newsflow informs and often drives stock prices as much as earnings releases. Equity investors need to keep up to date on a daily basis but also be able to sort the "wheat from the chaff".

In the first full session response to the US Federal Reserve's "no change" decision European and US traders trashed shares on Friday night, leaving futures markets for the Asia Pacific region pointing south.

The Australian market traded lower from the get-go, following the weak leads from international markets. No sector was spared, with the materials, energy and financial sectors all down about 3%.

At this stage world equity markets appear to have been relatively unresponsive to the surprisingly dovish Fed statements supporting its decision to leave interest rates on hold. The initial spike in US markets was reversed by the close of trade.

Following the fitness trend might be good for your health - but it could be bad for investors.

What does baseball, art history and investing have in common? Only the patient win.

Rising share prices, rising commodity prices, and the AUD creeping higher, all point to strong support for Australian shares today.

The composition of the local share market has changed significantly in the last three years. Resources makes up a smaller proportion, while defensive shares represent a larger piece of the pie. Investors need to consider how they might avoid being over-invested in banks.