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5 steps to achieve the life you want through investing
Personal Finance
5 steps to achieve the life you want through investing
Lessons learned from life and not an investing textbook. 
Mark LaMonica, CFA | 08 July 2025
My disinterest in investments as an investment specialist
Personal Finance
My disinterest in investments as an investment specialist
Going against the grain and focusing on the real drivers of investment success
Shani Jayamanne | 06 July 2025
Future Focus: Financial advisers improve returns by 3% - here’s how to do it yourself.
Personal Finance
Future Focus: Financial advisers improve returns by 3% - here’s how to do it yourself.
An understanding of how advisers add value allows self-directed investors to set themselves up for success.
Shani Jayamanne | 30 June 2025
3 cheap fully franked stocks
Stocks
3 cheap fully franked stocks
Well priced Aussie shares that offer a tax rebate.
Shani Jayamanne | 26 June 2025
Tax tips for expats and migrants
Personal Finance
Tax tips for expats and migrants
A global personal tax specialist shares tips for minimising your tax burden for investors with cross border assets. 
Shani Jayamanne | 25 June 2025
Should you only invest in shares?
Personal Finance
Should you only invest in shares?
Shares have higher long-term returns and some investors don’t think there is a point in investing in bonds.  For some investors this may make sense...
Mark LaMonica, CFA | 24 June 2025
Future Focus: Are you wealthy?
Personal Finance
Future Focus: Are you wealthy?
These are some of the factors that determine if you’re doing well.
Shani Jayamanne | 23 June 2025
Mark to market: What if you don’t have a goal?
Personal Finance
Mark to market: What if you don’t have a goal?
Mark answers a reader question about goal setting. 
Mark LaMonica, CFA | 16 June 2025
Transitioning to a ‘grown up’ portfolio
Personal Finance
Transitioning to a ‘grown up’ portfolio
What do you do when you have made investments in the past that you no longer believe in?
Shani Jayamanne | 13 June 2025
7 lessons from one of the best stocks in history
Personal Finance
7 lessons from one of the best stocks in history
Monster's share price is up over 18 times since I first came across its products in the late noughties. What can we learn from its rise?
Joseph Taylor | 11 June 2025