“There is a tide in the affairs of men, which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune….” Read literally, the words of Brutus in...

One of the great parts of my role as State manager at Shaw and Partners is that occasionally, I get to impart a bit of hard-earned...

Every cloud has a silver lining and Dollar Bill reckons silver IS that silver lining right now. Once considered a poor man’s gold, silver...

I remember starting life as a young futures broker and listening to a passionate sermon from a seasoned investor who was “long” on gold...

Bubbles in nature may be beautiful – for some – but in financial markets they are a right pain. Some see no bubble at all, while others...

As we enter a new year, a sense of optimism and promise generally pervades for the year ahead with a genuine expectation that the market...

More than 2300 years ago, Alexander the Great – on his pathway to becoming one of history’s greatest ever conquerors – entered the...

It was 2009 and I found myself in the beating heart of Zambia. I remember heading down a steep ravine carrying a big rubber raft, along...

Some age-old adages invariably keep ringing true in financial markets. Anniversaries of stock market crashes spring to mind, as does the...

Board dynamics remain a fascinating combination of personalities and business where the best interests of shareholders meet with a mix of...

Throughout my years in the market, particularly working on a range of capital market transactions, the lesson that I have perhaps learnt...

It was September, 1985. Spring had sprung and St Georges Terrace was pumping. The recently-elected Hawke-Keating government had floated...

The sun had just started to rise as I hit the road for a morning run. The air was thick with what I thought at first was the odour you...

The meat of the report points to the $2.84 billion in financing cash that flowed into ASX-listed explorers in the most recent quarter,...

I first came across the name Claude de Bernales when I saw it on an old share certificate. It had his actual signature on it and was one...

For small cap ASX-listed companies, the past year has been nothing short of brutal. Sure, there have been exceptions – there always are –...