Odinian Beta

Short sellers have had a tough time of it over the past decade. The era of free money lifted all boats, including companies that would perhaps otherwise be candidates for short selling.  Today's market is radically different. Central banks have lifte...

We're constantly told that diversification is the only free lunch in finance. Yet most of the world's top investors choose not to eat it.  Warren Buffett, Charlie Munger, John Maynard Keynes, Lou Simpson, George Soros. All run concentrated portfolios...

We're constantly told that diversification is the only free lunch in finance. Yet most of the world's top investors choose not to eat it. Warren Buffett, Charlie Munger, John Maynard Keynes, Lou Simpson, George Soros. All run concentrated portfolios....

Ten years ago, investing was an easy game. Thanks to rates near zero and reckless fiscal spending, markets were drunk on liquidity. There was multiple expansion across the board, and winning was relatively easy. Pick an index, sit back and let multip...

There are a select few stocks on the ASX that boast true market darling status. Whereas other stocks sell off at the hint of bad news, market darlings seem to emit an aura effect on markets that itself attracts investment. Biotech company CSL is argu...

Hello and welcome to the Rules of Investing, brought to you by Livewire Markets, I’m your host David Thornton. On the upcoming episode I sit down with Ray David, Portfolio Manager and Partner at Blackwattle Investment Partners. Alongside Joseph Koh, ...

Livewire Live is an investor event like no other where Australia’s most experienced investors will debate the critical topics in markets right now. It is set to be an unmissable event with an exceptional lineup of speakers and innovative formats. Tic...

There is a good reason why Australia’s sovereign wealth fund, the Future Fund, maintains a 16% allocation to private equity. Returns, returns, returns. Private equity, and the lucrative returns it offers, has traditionally been the restricted domain ...

If there is one request that we repeatedly receive from our audience, it’s that you want more content on the wonderful, often under-covered world of microcaps.  It makes cents (literally). These stocks usually fly under the radar of the masses, provi...