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Future Focus: How did your portfolio perform against other Aussie investors?
The new State of the Australian Investor report reveals portfolio performance and how trading impacted results.
Future Focus: How did your portfolio perform against other Aussie investors?
Future Focus: How did your portfolio perform against other Aussie investors?
stocks
Two ASX shares get takeover bids

Two ASX shares get takeover bids

Our take on the two bids.
personal-finance
The estate planning mistakes that can leave families fighting

The estate planning mistakes that can leave families fighting

The solution is not always equality, but fairness.
retirement
Meg on SMSFs - Division 296 actuarial certificates

Meg on SMSFs - Division 296 actuarial certificates

A key Division 296 calculation can sometimes attribute earnings in ways that many SMSF trustees won’t instinctively expect or fully appreciate.
stocks
3 ASX top picks with wide moats

3 ASX top picks with wide moats

Wide moat bargains are becoming easier to find.
markets
Market Minute: Firmus pulls IPO and AI valuation concerns

Market Minute: Firmus pulls IPO and AI valuation concerns

Morningstar’s Matt Wilkinson on how investors should position their portfolios today.

Market valuation

  • Undervalued
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Markets

Index
Last price
% Change
All Ordinaries8,944.20-0.35%
CAC 407,868.05-1.11%
DAX 4025,319.77-1.18%
Dow JONES (US)51,966.03-0.07%
FTSE 10010,764.69-1.08%
HKSE23,876.85-1.28%
NASDAQ26,430.891.11%
Nikkei 22563,887.76-1.59%
NZX 50 Index13,631.69-0.15%
S&P 5007,690.730.41%
S&P/ASX 2008,816.90-0.33%
SSE Composite Index3,706.86-0.64%
retirement
Future Focus: How to pick a super investment option

Future Focus: How to pick a super investment option

How do you pick an investment option to achieve your retirement goals?
personal-finance
Future Focus: One of the most generous tax breaks in Australia 

Future Focus: One of the most generous tax breaks in Australia 

But only if people owning a home get it right.
markets
Future Focus: Are we in a recession?

Future Focus: Are we in a recession?

It is natural for us to look for indicators. Here’s what we know.
retirement
Unconventional wisdom: Does an American retirement rule work for Australians?

Unconventional wisdom: Does an American retirement rule work for Australians?

Readers challenged whether a retirement framework developed in the United States could be applied to Australia. It’s a fair question.
personal-finance
Unconventional wisdom: Four assumptions for building wealth that investors should revisit

Unconventional wisdom: Four assumptions for building wealth that investors should revisit

Four decades of falling interest rates shaped the way investors built wealth. If that era is ending, it may be time to revisit some long-held assumptions.
personal-finance
Unconventional wisdom: The only free lunch in investng?

Unconventional wisdom: The only free lunch in investng?

Harry Markowitz argued investors could get something for nothing, but the reality is more complex.
personal-finance
Young & Invested: Three undervalued stocks owned by Australia’s wealthiest investors

Young & Invested: Three undervalued stocks owned by Australia’s wealthiest investors

Is popularity a compelling investment thesis?
etfs
Young & Invested: The ETFs backed by Australia’s wealthiest investors

Young & Invested: The ETFs backed by Australia’s wealthiest investors

New data reveals the ETFs gaining traction in SMSF portfolios.
personal-finance
Young & Invested:  Why these ETFs keep winning

Young & Invested: Why these ETFs keep winning

Critics warned concentration would hurt index funds. The opposite happened.