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Shani Jayamanne is a Director, Investment Specialist at Morningstar Australia.
Shani’s Future Focus column is published every Wednesday. After the collapse of First Guardian, Shani turned her attention to how investors can safeguard their superannuation.
Shani’s Chart of the week looked at the tendency of thematic funds to underperform.
Shani also explained the 4% rule, a commonly used and commonly misunderstood rule of thumb used in retirement planning.

Joseph Taylor is an Associate Investment Specialist, Morningstar Australia.
Joseph’s Bookworm column explores useful insights from business and investing writing.
In the latest edition, Joseph looked at two well known studies of “100 baggers” or stocks that returned more than one hundred times the initial investment.
As Joseph found, it might be less about trying to identify companies with “100x potential” and more about how to avoid selling shares at a bad time.
Joseph also wrote about how individual investors can remain focused on the right things during reporting season. See his tips here.
In addition to this, Joseph rounded up some of the biggest stories from ASX earnings season so far here.

Simonelle Mody is an Associate Investment Specialist, Morningstar Australia.
Sim’s Young & Invested column is published every Thursday. This time, Sim turned her sights to thematic ETFs.
She offers two reasons that investors may be flocking to these products today, while also highlighting potential pitfalls of investing in this manner.
Read all about it in the latest edition of Young & Invested.
Speaking of younger people investing, Sim also looked at ways a parent can instil good financial literary in their child from a young age.

Mark LaMonica, CFA is Director of Personal Finance, Morningstar Australia.
Mark’s column Unconventional wisdom is published every Monday.
This time, Mark checked in on an investment that hasn’t exactly covered itself in glory since his purchase two years ago.
You can see what the share is and how Mark is thinking about it today in the latest Unconventional wisdom.
Mark also wrote about why understanding the power of compounding can have a profound impact on your financial outcomes.
More content from Morningstar this week
Firstlinks Editor James Gruber responded to a reader question on the best way to get rich and retire early.
Mark McCrindle asked which generation of Australians really had it hardest.
Nathan Zaia gave his take on CBA’s earnings season slump.
Roy Van Keulen highlighted an ASX growth story that markets could be too optimistic about.
Johannes Faul reacts to JB Hi-Fi’s earnings release and share price fall.
Sarah Hansen asks if Berkshire Hathaway shares have lost their “Buffett premium”.
This week on Investing Compass
Mark and Shani dive into the growing popularity of SMAs or Separately Managed Accounts in the adviser space.
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