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Unconventional wisdom: Is investor complacency out of touch with reality?
Where Trump – and the market – might go from here.
Unconventional wisdom: Is investor complacency out of touch with reality?
Unconventional wisdom: Is investor complacency out of touch with reality?
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Don’t lose sight of what matters: This week’s best investing insights

Don’t lose sight of what matters: This week’s best investing insights

Stay up to date with our best investment opportunities and insights on investing.
stocks
3 undervalued ASX companies with sound balance sheets

3 undervalued ASX companies with sound balance sheets

I love investing in companies that boast strong financial positions. These three cheap ASX shares could fit the bill and screen cheaply according to our analysts.
personal-finance
Young & Invested: The beginner ETF portfolio

Young & Invested: The beginner ETF portfolio

Diving into ETFs can often be overwhelming.
stocks
Slow and steady at Transurban

Slow and steady at Transurban

Traffic growth reported at the toll-road operator.
stocks
Overvalued ASX pharma play hits FDA speedbump

Overvalued ASX pharma play hits FDA speedbump

We think a delay rather than an outright rejection for this company’s product is the likelier outcome, but the shares still look expensive.
stocks
Microsoft earnings: Good quarter from any angle, raising fair value estimate

Microsoft earnings: Good quarter from any angle, raising fair value estimate

Global technology leader continues to perform well.

Market valuation

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Markets

Index
Last price
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All Ordinaries8,456.201.08%
CAC 407,770.482.33%
DAX 4023,086.652.62%
Dow JONES (US)41,361.191.49%
FTSE 1008,596.351.17%
HKSE22,504.681.74%
NASDAQ18,037.231.84%
Nikkei 22536,830.691.04%
NZX 50 Index12,327.891.48%
S&P 5005,694.501.61%
S&P/ASX 2008,238.001.13%
SSE Composite Index3,279.03-0.23%
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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?