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Shani Jayamanne is a Director, Investment Specialist at Morningstar Australia.

Shani’s Future Focus column is published every Wednesday. This week, Shani weighed in on Separately Managed Accounts (SMAs) - an increasingly popular product with Australian financial advisers.

The ATO recently released a ‘super health check’. Shani goes through the additional considerations she would add on a super review.

In her Chart of the week, Shani looked at Morningstar’s China Economic Outlook report, which examines the current health the economy Australia relies so heavily on.

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Joseph Taylor is an Associate Investment Specialist, Morningstar Australia.

A year on from Guzman y Gomez’s IPO, Joseph caught up with Johannes Faul to explore what is baked into GYG’s valuation on Ask the Analyst.

In this week’s edition of Bookworm, Joseph brings some holiday golf wisdom to the forefront and asks are investors making the same mistakes as many golfers?

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Simonelle Mody is an Associate Investment Specialist, Morningstar Australia.

Sim’s Young & Invested column is published every Thursday. This time, Sim took a look at the recent proliferation of the gold price and whether young investors should consider jumping aboard.

After an eventful year for investors so far, Sim shares Morningstar’s best ASX picks in every sector.

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Mark LaMonica, CFA is Director of Personal Finance, Morningstar Australia.

Mark’s column Unconventional wisdom is published every Monday.

Rising debt levels have triggered the resurgence of bond vigilantes. This week, Mark discussed what it looks like to invest in the new age of economic disorder and explored 3 steps investors should consider before adjusting their portfolios.

We hear about the advantages of ETFs all the time and their wide spread popularity certainly reflects this. Mark plays devil’s advocate and highlights some clear advantages of owning individual shares.

In this week’s Mark to market, he answers a reader question about the mechanics of ETFs.

Read more of Mark’s articles here.

More content from Morningstar this week

Investors are bombarded with tips on how to win in the stock market. Information overload can confuse even seasoned investors. Firstlinks Editor James Gruber weighed in on 9 winning investment strategies that are tried and tested.

Manager Research Analyst Shamir Popat shared a gold rated global ETF pick.

NVIDIA hit a milestone this week becoming the first public company to achieve a $4 trillion market value. Equity Analyst Brian Colello explores why we raise our fair value estimate for the tech giant.

This week on Investing Compass

Mark and Shani discussed the psychology of bad investment decisions and how to fix them.

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