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UNCONVENTIONAL WISDOM News & Analysis

Unconventional wisdom: My ETF choice for Aussie equity exposure
ETFs
Unconventional wisdom: My ETF choice for Aussie equity exposure
Running through my rationale for picking this ETF.
Mark LaMonica, CFA | 26 June 2025
Unconventional wisdom: Is housing the anchor weighing Australia down?
Personal Finance
Unconventional wisdom: Is housing the anchor weighing Australia down?
Is might be time to just say no to buying a house.
Mark LaMonica, CFA | 20 June 2025
Unconventional wisdom: This hot investment is a hard no from me
Personal Finance
Unconventional wisdom: This hot investment is a hard no from me
A flood of new money and a narrative that is too good to be true.
Mark LaMonica, CFA | 13 June 2025
Unconventional wisdom: Can you value a share just using dividends?
Personal Finance
Unconventional wisdom: Can you value a share just using dividends?
Investors are too quick to dismiss this valuation technique.
Mark LaMonica, CFA | 05 June 2025
Unconventional wisdom: Three ways we have it better than professional investors
Stocks
Unconventional wisdom: Three ways we have it better than professional investors
Individual investors have all the advantages over the professionals but too many of us squander them. .
Mark LaMonica, CFA | 30 May 2025
Unconventional wisdom: The state of retirement in the midst of the super tax fight
Retirement
Unconventional wisdom: The state of retirement in the midst of the super tax fight
The DIV 296 tax proposal is a good opportunity to review the retirement system in Australia.
Mark LaMonica, CFA | 22 May 2025
Unconventional wisdom: What if the market never goes down?
Personal Finance
Unconventional wisdom: What if the market never goes down?
More market resiliency after another quick rebound.
Mark LaMonica, CFA | 16 May 2025
Unconventional wisdom: Three Buffett lessons to ignore
Personal Finance
Unconventional wisdom: Three Buffett lessons to ignore
Taking the wrong lessons from the oracle of Omaha.
Mark LaMonica, CFA | 09 May 2025
Unconventional wisdom: Is investor complacency out of touch with reality?
Personal Finance
Unconventional wisdom: Is investor complacency out of touch with reality?
Where Trump – and the market – might go from here.
Mark LaMonica, CFA | 01 May 2025
Unconventional wisdom: Is the secret to wealth found on an index card?
Personal Finance
Unconventional wisdom: Is the secret to wealth found on an index card?
Harold Pollack came up with ten rules that he claimed captured all the financial advice anyone needed.
Mark LaMonica, CFA | 27 April 2025