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Unconventional wisdom: Is housing the anchor weighing Australia down?
Is might be time to just say no to buying a house.
Unconventional wisdom: Is housing the anchor weighing Australia down?
Unconventional wisdom: Is housing the anchor weighing Australia down?
personal-finance
The revolt against Baby Boomer wealth

The revolt against Baby Boomer wealth

The $3m super tax could be put down to the Government needing money and the wealthy being easy targets. It’s deeper than that though and this looks at the factors behind the policy and why more taxes on the wealthy are coming.
personal-finance
Should you sell an underperforming ETF?

Should you sell an underperforming ETF?

Lagging investments happen to the best of us.
retirement
The state of the Australian retirement system

The state of the Australian retirement system

The Morningstar community has spoken. Here is your view of retirement in Australia.
etfs
Young & Invested: The one ETF portfolio

Young & Invested: The one ETF portfolio

99% of investors won’t be the next Warren Buffett – luckily, we don’t need that to be successful.
stocks
Expensive ASX star looks vulnerable to slowing sales growth

Expensive ASX star looks vulnerable to slowing sales growth

Cochlear’s biggest market segment has matured and it is looking elsewhere for growth.
personal-finance
Uncovering a moated ASX share using the methods of an investing legend

Uncovering a moated ASX share using the methods of an investing legend

A conversation in the pub leads me to investigate one ASX firm's juicy profit margins.

Market valuation

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Markets

Index
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All Ordinaries8,723.50-0.20%
CAC 407,589.660.48%
DAX 4023,350.551.27%
Dow JONES (US)42,206.820.08%
FTSE 1008,774.65-0.20%
HKSE23,530.481.26%
NASDAQ19,447.41-0.51%
Nikkei 22538,403.23-0.22%
NZX 50 Index12,569.05-0.46%
S&P 5005,967.84-0.22%
S&P/ASX 2008,505.50-0.21%
SSE Composite Index3,359.90-0.07%
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?