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Unconventional wisdom: My new super approach
After months of procrastination I’ve finally made a change to my super.
Unconventional wisdom: My new super approach
Unconventional wisdom: My new super approach
funds
Are LICs licked?

Are LICs licked?

Pressure mounts as discounts widen amid an industry reshaping.
stocks
What now for Santos after takeover offer collapses?

What now for Santos after takeover offer collapses?

Our Fair Value estimate once again reflects the stand-alone business and its growth potential.
personal-finance
This week’s best investing insights

This week’s best investing insights

Stay up to date with our best investment opportunities and insights on investing.
personal-finance
Future Focus: Are you making the right decision saving for a home?

Future Focus: Are you making the right decision saving for a home?

How to weigh up whether the biggest financial commitment you will likely make is right for you.
stocks
Ask the analyst: Can this genius product create the next ASX software king?

Ask the analyst: Can this genius product create the next ASX software king?

Siteminder’s newly released product for hotel owners and travel agents could widen its moat and see revenue accelerate further.
retirement
Two charts to explain the trade-offs in retirement planning

Two charts to explain the trade-offs in retirement planning

Investors may need a shift in mindset as retirement approaches but there are ways to structure a portfolio to improve retirement outcomes.

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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?