Global Opportunities Beyond the Radar

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The 2018 Dogs of the NZX

There’s an old time-tested financial idea that things move in cycles. Boom and bust. Up and down. Surplus and deficit. The theory was popularised by economists like Joseph Schumpeter and Jean Charles Léonard de Sismondi during the early 19th century.

Take Advantage of Opportunities Here and Overseas

Should you invest in India? This is was the topic at my desk last week. A colleague of mine thought it was a capital idea. And I thought, why not? Successful investing usually works everywhere. So why wouldn’t it work in India? This

Landslide for Legal Marijuana

Countries are opening their doors to legal marijuana. Many are starting with legal medicinal marijuana. Some are going with legal recreational marijuana.

When Big Tech Joins Forces with Big Crypto

There’s been a massive new announcement with one of the world’s biggest tech companies. This one has a market cap of more than US$200 billion.

This is How to Get Cheaper Healthcare Costs

  Healthcare is expensive, especially in the US. As you can see in the chart below, the US spends, on average, about double per person compared to other developed countries.   Source: Health System Tracker [Click to enlarge]   Healthcare

Will Lightning Strike Twice on the ASX 200?

The financial year drew to a close at the end of June. The ASX 200 increased 8.6% over the year. Add on around 4% in dividends, and you get a very decent return of 12.6%. Want to beat the market

Add These Four ‘Block-Genomic’ Trailblazers to Your Watchlist

Ryan Dinse here. We’re getting closer to the big reveal of a new ‘step-change’ in genomics. It’s a moon-shot project powered by blockchain that could send a clutch of unknown small and micro-sized biotechs hurtling into the stratosphere between now

This High-Tech Infrastructure Boom Means Big Money

It took us 14 long, creaky hours by train. But that was OK. After all, we were on holiday. It was 2012, and my wife and I were on a six-month around-the-world trip. As such, we travelled at the pace

Why Are Foreign Investors Buying Everything?

Awash with cheap funding, investors worldwide are running the ruler over Australian companies. A falling currency is only adding to the mix. The further the Aussie dollar falls, the cheaper any target company becomes. Australia has always relied on foreign

The Best Companies Aren’t Always Western

Uber is surely one of the most successful start-ups of their era. Launching as ‘Uber’ in 2010, they’ve quickly spread to every corner of the earth. Take a look at this 2016 graph of ride hailing companies around the world.

How does Warren Buffett Read the Market?

For Warren Buffett, selling is usually something he doesn’t think about. Sure, he’ll sell if it turns out he was wrong about a business. He might even sell for an extremely inflated price. The latter is far rarer. But other

The Key to Investing? Watching Paint Dry

If investing is stressful and exciting, you’re probably doing it wrong. Let me rephrase that. Learning about new businesses and technologies is extremely interesting. It’s one of the main reasons I love my job. But the act of investing should

Buy a Stock for Personality, Not Looks

Of course looks matter. An attractive woman or man is irresistible at first. Anything and everything they say is interesting. And the fact that so many other people think so too, makes them that much more attractive. I’m sure you

How to Find the Next Amazon

I’ve always had the view that investing isn’t complicated. You don’t have to have a PhD or an IQ above 160. You don’t need to know about the capital asset pricing model. And you’re better off not knowing things like

The American Tax Spree Hitting China and Amazon

Jeff Bezos has to be one of the great entrepreneurs of our time. Before he created an online store for everything, Jeff cut his teeth on Wall Street. He found himself at D.E. Shaw, a bond trader that used borrowed