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Bookworm: How to avoid falling for a mistaken moat
One of the most popular investing books ever taught us to investigate hot products as potential investments. Another preaches caution while doing so.
Bookworm: How to avoid falling for a mistaken moat
Bookworm: How to avoid falling for a mistaken moat
stocks
New ASX share added to our best ideas list

New ASX share added to our best ideas list

This wide moat share is trading at a 17% discount to our fair value.
stocks
Unconventional wisdom: Three ways we have it better than professional investors

Unconventional wisdom: Three ways we have it better than professional investors

Individual investors have all the advantages over the professionals but too many of us squander them. .
stocks
Humbling year for undervalued ASX listed share

Humbling year for undervalued ASX listed share

Disappointing results but well-telegraphed fiscal 2025.
markets
Four key trends shaping portfolios

Four key trends shaping portfolios

Zoom out and there are four clear trends that will last for a decade or more.
personal-finance
Young & Invested: Should beginners invest in small caps?

Young & Invested: Should beginners invest in small caps?

Hidden gems or rookie risk?
personal-finance
Future Focus: One of the most generous tax breaks in Australia 

Future Focus: One of the most generous tax breaks in Australia 

But only if people owning a home get it right.

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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?