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With a new year on the horizon many investors want to know is it safe to invest? Could the market correct? Montgomery Investment’s Roger Montgomery believes the answer is ‘yes’ to both those questions, but is a crash imminent?

Despite the challenges, Yarra Capital Management is placing bets #microcaps can thrive irrespective of economic conditions and offer exciting potential for the year ahead. #2025 #microcaps #stocks #investing #ASX

Here are our trading hours over the holiday period. Wishing you and your loved ones a safe and happy holiday season.

Are the #Mag7 doomed to underperform in 2025? Swell Asset Management says the #stocks that drove previous #market bubbles were the same that outperformed previously, but can the Magnificent Seven repeat the pattern? #stocks #tech #Mag7 #markets #investing

It will be a relatively quiet week on the local data docket as the festive season approaches, though there will be some focus on the release of MYEFO from the Federal Government. Globally, it’s a different story with a central bank bonanza on tap. The US #Fed (Wednesday), #BoJ (Thursday), #BoE (Thursday), #Norges bank (Thursday) and #Riksbank (Thursday) all hand down interest rate decision. The market is widely tipping a 25bps cut from the #FOMC but more focus will be on the path for 2025. Here’s what you need to know. #weekahead #rates #centralbanks #Fed #data

Last year, Morningstar’s James Gruber wrote an article suggesting returns from #ASX stocks would trample those from housing over the next decade. One year later, he gives an update on how that forecast is going and what's changed since. #markets #ASX #stocks #housing #investing

The mispriced investment opportunity in global defence. Franklin Templeton’s Kim Catechis says while #markets benefitted from peace for 40 years, a military resurgence is now underway, fuelled by geopolitical tensions and technological advancements. As such, #defence spending is soaring, offering potential opportunities for investors. #investing #strategy #markets #defence

Unemployment rate falls, so too the chances of a February 2025 rate cut. There's been an unexpected fall in Austraila's unemployment rate from 4.1% to 3.9% in November. SBS Finance Editor Ricardo Gonçalves speaks with SEEK Economist Blair Chapman and nabtrade's Gemma Dale to find out what it says about the economy, and means for interest rates, shares and the currency. Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) Australia

Australia’s #jobless print has unexpectedly fallen to an eight-month low in November to 3.9%, signalling a far more resilient labour market with NAB saying the drop shows little urgency for the Reserve Bank of Australia to adjust #policy. Read the full report here.  #jobs #AUD #RBA #rates #unemployment

How time in the market beats timing the market. What should investors do when investment expectations and outcomes don't meet? Collins Street Value Fund’s Michael Goldberg has some of the answers and other important investing ideas. #investing #markets #2025 #outlook