Smart Investing
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Sometimes investors can be offered an amount of product choice that is, frankly, overwhelming.
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September is the season when biases of the sporting kind are given full rein as the respective winter football codes gear up for the season-defining grand finals.
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When marriages and de facto relationships fail, the finances of the separated couples are almost always badly damaged.
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A recent life-expectancy study of retirees receiving superannuation pensions from large public-sector super funds suggests that higher retirement incomes can mean greater life expectancy.
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Where do you draw the line between cheap and nasty and great value for money?
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Sauter on indexing theory 30 Mar 10
Just how relevant is indexing theory today? In this excerpt from a client Q&A, Vanguard Group chief investment officer Gus Sauter provides his insights on market inefficiencies and tax-effective investing.
Super confusing 30 Mar 10
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) released performance data for the 200 largest APRA regulated super funds to 30 June 2009.
A more positive dividends outlook 23 Mar 10
A better than expected February reporting season suggests higher profits and dividend growth over the coming financial year.
Australians want more super 23 Mar 10
Most Australians support a rise in the Super Guarantee to 12 per cent from the current 9 per cent, a Coredata consumer survey released this month by the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) reveals.
February Market Update 15 Mar 10
The Australian, US and Asian (ex-Japan) sharemarkets performed positively over February reflecting a pick up in global economic growth.
Resources boom to boom 15 Mar 10
Australia has enjoyed five major mining booms in the past 160 years beginning with the 1850s gold rush. How different is the current boom from previous ones?
Company profits turn corner 09 Mar 10
Investors are breathing a sigh of relief with Australian companies reporting the strongest profit results since before the beginning of the global financial crisis.
The nouveau poor 09 Mar 10
Conventional wisdom suggests that the older you get the more asset rich you become. A recent report issued by the Brotherhood of St Laurence suggests otherwise.
Insights from two of the world's great investment minds - Ibbotson 02 Mar 10
Yale professor and founder of Ibbotson & Associates, Roger Ibbotson recently visited Australia to talk about the importance of asset allocation diversity and liquidity management in portfolios.
Insights from two of the world's great investment minds - Buffett 02 Mar 10
Every year investors eagerly await Warren Buffett's chairman's letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders for insights from one of the world's greatest investors.
