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Mark LaMonica, CFA

Mark LaMonica, CFA

is Director of Personal Finance, Morningstar Australia.

A whole lot of nothing: Mark’s top articles in August
Personal Finance
A whole lot of nothing: Mark’s top articles in August
Morningstar’s Director of Personal Finance covered the short lived market meltdown, why you should copy professional fund managers and the...
What if you don’t have enough to retire?
Retirement
What if you don’t have enough to retire?
4 steps to stretch your retirement savings. 
BHP earnings highlight all the reasons I don’t invest in miners
Stocks
BHP earnings highlight all the reasons I don’t invest in miners
There are no good and bad investments. There are good and bad investments for each of us.  
How to find a great company to buy
Stocks
How to find a great company to buy
Over the long-term the secret to successful investing may simply require identifying and buying great businesses. Here is how to do it. 
Are these two potential bubbles that investors should avoid?
Personal Finance
Are these two potential bubbles that investors should avoid?
The capital cycle teaches us that too much money chasing new investment opportunities leads to bad outcomes for investors. Is AI and private capital...
Are you better off in direct shares instead of ETFs?
Personal Finance
Are you better off in direct shares instead of ETFs?
Investments are a tool we use to accomplish our goals and investors should consider which tool is right for the job.
4 steps to calculate how much you need to retire
Retirement
4 steps to calculate how much you need to retire
This step-by-step process can help you estimate the size of the portfolio needed to support your dream retirement.
Increase the certainty of retirement while maximising spending
Retirement
Increase the certainty of retirement while maximising spending
A flexible withdrawal method for retirement accounts may be beneficial for some retirees.
Scepticism can be beneficial when navigating the capital cycle
Personal Finance
Scepticism can be beneficial when navigating the capital cycle
If we ignore history we are doomed to repeat it. Investors have been tripped up again and again by too much capital chasing seemingly attractive...
ETF deep dive: VDHG the multi-sector offering from Vanguard
ETFs
ETF deep dive: VDHG the multi-sector offering from Vanguard
This all in one ETF provides investors with a diversified portfolio in one trade but tax questions persist. 
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