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Investors overly optimistic on ASX highflyer
Margins improve but primary market is limited.
Investors overly optimistic on ASX highflyer
Investors overly optimistic on ASX highflyer
stocks
Telstra earnings: No need to get hysterical over mobile

Telstra earnings: No need to get hysterical over mobile

Earnings report in-line with expectations.
personal-finance
5 tips for evaluating new investment funds

5 tips for evaluating new investment funds

A new report from Morningstar’s manager research team aims to help investors weigh up new fund offerings.
personal-finance
Our finances should enable and not dictate our lives

Our finances should enable and not dictate our lives

Most people would prefer to have more money than less of it. But at what point do the trappings of wealth and success start to outweigh the benefits of striving for more?
personal-finance
How to interpret common financial ratios

How to interpret common financial ratios

There is a veritable alphabet soup of financial ratios that many investors struggle to comprehend and interpret effectively. 
personal-finance
Unconventional wisdom: Four lessons from a bear market

Unconventional wisdom: Four lessons from a bear market

Learning from experience and history.
stocks
ASX reporting season wrap: CBA, JB Hi-Fi, REA and more

ASX reporting season wrap: CBA, JB Hi-Fi, REA and more

A round up of notable stories and reactions as ASX earnings season gathers steam.

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SSE Composite Index3,740.521.18%
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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.
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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. 
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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?
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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?