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personal-finance
Unconventional wisdom: Three Buffett lessons to ignore
Taking the wrong lessons from the oracle of Omaha.
Unconventional wisdom: Three Buffett lessons to ignore
Unconventional wisdom: Three Buffett lessons to ignore
retirement
Is the government spending too much on older people?

Is the government spending too much on older people?

A new paper from ANU measures how the tax and transfer system is redistributing income.
etfs
Why ETFs may not be the best choice for investors

Why ETFs may not be the best choice for investors

As their popularity increases it is important to consider the downsides to ETFs.  
personal-finance
Young & Invested: Do young people need a financial adviser?

Young & Invested: Do young people need a financial adviser?

Navigating money in your youth - fly solo or seek advice?
stocks
Stock showdown: How similar are BHP and Rio Tinto as investment propositions?

Stock showdown: How similar are BHP and Rio Tinto as investment propositions?

I enlist the help of our global mining analyst Jon Mills to compare the ASX mining heavyweights.
personal-finance
Future Focus: How to successfully monitor your portfolio

Future Focus: How to successfully monitor your portfolio

For successful investors, your job doesn’t end when you hit ‘buy’.
retirement
Mark to market: Should you invest outside of super?

Mark to market: Should you invest outside of super?

Mark answers a reader question about investing outside of super. 

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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?