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5 decision making models to help you in investing and in life
Here are the five decision making tools I’ve found most useful when tackling some of life’s big decisions.
5 decision making models to help you in investing and in life
5 decision making models to help you in investing and in life
stocks
Plunge in ASX share unwarranted

Plunge in ASX share unwarranted

Weak result distracts from improving trading and cost outlook.
personal-finance
4 income investing mistakes

4 income investing mistakes

Avoiding these mistakes will increase your chances of success as an income investor. 
personal-finance
A nation of landlords and fund managers

A nation of landlords and fund managers

Super and housing dwarf every other asset class in Australia, and they’ve both become too big to fail.
stocks
Higher fair value for overvalued ASX tech share

Higher fair value for overvalued ASX tech share

Underlying secular growth stronger than we thought.
personal-finance
Can you solve a year 12 personal finance exercise?

Can you solve a year 12 personal finance exercise?

Financial literacy may be lacking in Australia but one group of year 12 students are attempting to solve for a scenario that many Australians face.
retirement
Unconventional wisdom: My new super approach

Unconventional wisdom: My new super approach

After months of procrastination I’ve finally made a change to my super.

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FTSE 1009,226.72-0.26%
HKSE26,484.68-0.13%
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S&P 5006,637.97-0.28%
S&P/ASX 2008,773.000.40%
SSE Composite Index3,853.30-0.01%
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?