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Young & Invested: How to pick the right super fund
Confused about your super? Here’s where to start.
Young & Invested: How to pick the right super fund
Young & Invested: How to pick the right super fund
personal-finance
Getting rich versus staying rich

Getting rich versus staying rich

Strategies to get rich versus stay rich are markedly different. Here is a look at the five main ways to get rich, including through work, business, investing and luck, as well as those that preserve wealth.
personal-finance
Future Focus: To the newly elected government - stop failing us on financial literacy

Future Focus: To the newly elected government - stop failing us on financial literacy

Financial preparedness impacts quality of life. Start investing in it.
retirement
The top shares of Australia’s best performing super funds

The top shares of Australia’s best performing super funds

And our equity analysts’ outlook for the stocks.
markets
More than tariffs: Behind the US dollar’s decline

More than tariffs: Behind the US dollar’s decline

The dollar’s decline reflects concerns among global investors.
etfs
Dividend ETFs may disappoint income investors

Dividend ETFs may disappoint income investors

The structure of many dividend ETFs leads to lacklustre or non-existent dividend growth. 
personal-finance
Unconventional wisdom: What if the market never goes down?

Unconventional wisdom: What if the market never goes down?

More market resiliency after another quick rebound.

Market valuation

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Market movers

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Markets

Index
Last price
% Change
All Ordinaries8,577.00-0.40%
CAC 407,910.49-0.40%
DAX 4024,122.400.36%
Dow JONES (US)41,860.44-1.91%
FTSE 1008,786.460.06%
HKSE23,735.58-0.39%
NASDAQ18,872.64-1.41%
Nikkei 22536,970.89-0.88%
NZX 50 Index12,672.24-0.24%
S&P 5005,844.61-1.61%
S&P/ASX 2008,352.50-0.41%
SSE Composite Index3,388.440.03%
personal-finance
Future Focus: What are you giving up by sending your kids to private school?

Future Focus: What are you giving up by sending your kids to private school?

A listener requested exploration of optimising saving for education costs, and the opportunity costs of higher education expenses.
personal-finance
Future Focus: Buying a home out of reach? Try these financial goals instead.

Future Focus: Buying a home out of reach? Try these financial goals instead.

A framework to understand what you want from life and therefore your finances.
personal-finance
Future Focus: A better way to use financial advisers' favourite investment strategy

Future Focus: A better way to use financial advisers' favourite investment strategy

An exploration of strategic and tactical allocation, and an alternative way to use Core/Satellite.
retirement
Unconventional wisdom: Add certainty to your retirement

Unconventional wisdom: Add certainty to your retirement

What a trip to Monte Carlo can teach you about having a more secure retirement. 
personal-finance
Unconventional wisdom: Are passive ETFs leading to lower returns?

Unconventional wisdom: Are passive ETFs leading to lower returns?

Does a study showing investors that own passive products get lower returns mean John Bogle was wrong?
stocks
Unconventional wisdom: A controversial income pick

Unconventional wisdom: A controversial income pick

Rigid definitions of income and growth shares may be holding investors back.
personal-finance
Bookworm: Lessons from Buffett’s behaviour in a long bear market

Bookworm: Lessons from Buffett’s behaviour in a long bear market

Equity indices don’t often fall for several years in a row. Here is what Buffett did last time it happened.
personal-finance
Bookworm: This ASX name meets many of Terry Smith’s criteria

Bookworm: This ASX name meets many of Terry Smith’s criteria

Terry Smith is perhaps Britain’s best-known investor. How does he define a quality business?
personal-finance
Bookworm: An investing lesson from the world’s second richest man

Bookworm: An investing lesson from the world’s second richest man

When it comes to stocks, are you an owner or a renter?