Stock prices are driven by earnings. The greatest returns come from companies that can deliver positive earnings surprises relative to market expectations, according to B...

Companies that are operating in growing markets, which have low levels of debt, pricing power and generate significant amounts of free cash and give most of that back to ...

Eley Griffiths Group's Brian Eley remains moderately optimistic despite the short term outlook continuing to be choppy and sentiment conflicted....

David Pace is a portfolio manager at Greencape Capital. He previously spent 13 years at Merrill Lynch Investment Managers where he ran the MLIM High Conviction Strategy f...

John Campbell has worked in Australian equities for 22 years on both the sell and buy side, primarily in an equity research capacity. Prior to setting up Avoca, his most ...

While financial planners have warned that the FOFA changes will be significant, Mike Taylor reports that the Government does not see that as an impediment to achieving it...

The Government's pursuit of its FOFA reforms has degenerated into trench warfare, with the financial planning industry 'digging in' to fight the changes. ...

Investors remain nervous and are still heavily invested in cash, but are they doing the right thing? How serious is the threat of macro issues, and when will it be the ri...

Why invest in term deposits or global bonds when you can invest in Aussie bonds and get a better return? Jeff Brunton reports....

Rachel Leong explains how the retirement date, withdrawals and the timing of Section 290-170 notices can have a great impact on the amount of deductions that can be claim...

Stephen Hart examines the rising cost of living and ways to protect clients against a rise in both the consumer price index (CPI) and its volatility....