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August

Buy and hold investors choose assets in the belief they will appreciate over time.

There are five types of investor. Which are you?

The best investing advice is 2500 years old and comes from Greek philosopher Socrates: Know yourself.

  • Andrew Hobbs

November 2023

From Byron Bay to Toorak: the how and why of property investing

Private investors are weighing up market conditions, the cost of money and expected yield before ploughing into retail and industrial real estate.

  • Nick Lenaghan

May 2023

Investment scams rob $88m from Australians

Investing has always been seen as risky business. But losing everything isn’t in the playbook.

  • Nina Hendy

December 2022

Cathie Wood has defended her firm’s strategy against criticism that it invests in “concept capital”. a

Billionaire blasts Cathie Wood’s ‘stonk hodler’ investing strategy

The founder of Ark Investment Management, who could seemingly do no wrong during the pandemic run-up in asset values, has been crushed this year.

  • Paulina Cachero

November 2022

There are more varieties of digital coins than any investor could care to count.

Burnt by crypto? Don’t learn the wrong lesson

Instead of the financial system being explicit about cryptocurrencies’ risk, it has gone along with the idea that it’s possible to get something for nothing.

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  • Allison Schrager
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July 2022

Anthony Parry with his wife Kimberly in Athens.

‘Cheap and easy’: Boomers warm to online trading

Older Australians are joining younger investors in using online investing apps, as artificial intelligence tools and access to information foster a DIY approach.

  • Lucy Dean

June 2022

A monitor displays Citigroup signage on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.

Citigroup’s $US1b family office clients profit from wild markets

They are taking “big positions” across all asset classes, including fixed-income and foreign exchange, to take “advantage of the volatility”, says an executive.

  • Ben Stupples
The Crossroads Hotel was sold by the MacDonald family.

How do you make money from buying a pub?

Venues in major metropolitan areas and even some in regional and coastal towns have changed hands at eye-watering prices since reopening after the pandemic lockdowns ended.

  • Larry Schlesinger

April 2022

Attendees find their seats during the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting in Omaha on Saturday.

Warren Buffett slams Wall Street, backs cash at annual meeting

Berkshire Hathaway, long criticised for keeping cash, revealed it had bought more than $US51 billion of stocks in the first quarter, including more in Chevron.

  • Jonathan Stempel

April 2022

The only topic that is off limits at the lunch is what Warren Buffett might buy next.

Warren Buffett is auctioning one last private lunch for charity

Berkshire’s CEO held the annual dining date for 20 years before COVID-19. Every winner since 2008 has paid more than $US1 million. Ebay bids open on June 12.

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  • Josh Funk
Memecoins are cryptocurrency tied to viral moments, like Will Smith’s infamous Oscars slap, with fleeting value that tends to rise and fall quickly. That doesn’t prevent some from using them to make a quick buck, while others lose their investment.

This Will Smith slap crypto coin has minted big winners (and losers)

Memecoins are cryptocurrency tied to viral moments and web jokes, with a fleeting value that tends to rise and fall quickly. Some backers make a tidy profit.

  • Pranshu Verma

December 2021

The Reddit forum WallStreetBets is popular among new-generation investors.

The 10 most popular shares on Reddit’s WallStreetBets forum right now

From GameStop to AMC Entertainment, the forum of more than 11 million members has driven the conversation in so-called meme stocks.

  • Matthew Fox
The doubts swirling around academic finance mirror a broader “replication crisis” in scientific research that dates back to the mid-2000s.

There’s one reason why most finance research is phony

It’s been estimated half the market-beating strategies in leading journals are duds, but it’s only human to construct narratives around events that are random.

  • Matthew Brooker
Omicron could be the beginning of the end of the pandemic, JPMorgan strategists said.

JPMorgan says buy the dip as omicron may end pandemic

The market turmoil caused by the emergence of the new virus strain may offer investors a chance to position for profit from the end of the COVID-19 crisis.

  • Joanna Ossinger

November 2021

Warren Buffett is sitting on a huge pile of cash.

Warren Buffett shows his fear by dumping the most shares since 2008

Berkshire Hathaway has become a net seller of equities for the fourth straight quarter, adding to a cash pile that has climbed to a record $US149.2 billion.

  • Katherine Chiglinsky
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October 2021

Blackrock hedge fund manager Alister Hibbert.

BlackRock’s secret hedge fund star gets paid more than its CEO

Alister Hibbert has enriched the firm, its clients and himself with a near 370 per cent gain over the past decade, but many staff don’t even know who he is.

  • Nishant Kumar

September 2021

Big global indices are adding large numbers of Chinese stocks, while innovation and transformation are driving China’s growth story.

Three reasons to stick with shaky Chinese stocks, according to Allianz

As Beijing cracks down on the country’s sharemarket, the risks are outweighed by the long-term rewards, says the global investment manager. Here’s why.

  • Carla Mozée
John Paulson’s funds ended up returning close to 800 per cent for the year in 2007.

The 14 best quotes from a new interview with billionaire John Paulson

The famed investor says crypto is a bubble, SPACs are overpriced, inflation is here to stay, interest rates could jump and the gold price might soar.

  • Theron Mohamed
Ted Weschler: “One of my personal investment mantras is that there’s no such thing as a loss, it’s just an unmonetised lesson.”

How a Warren Buffett deputy turned his $US70k retirement into $US264m

Ted Weschler’s superannuation outperformed Berkshire Hathaway stock by about 120 to one from 1989 to 2012, and by almost 90 to 1 from 1989 to 2018.

  • Allan Sloan

August 2021

Jim Paulsen of the Leuthold Group says market volatility can be an investor’s best friend.

Wall Street investment chief lays out formula for ‘spectacular’ gains

The US Federal Reserve’s near-decade-long practice of quantitative easing has turned volatility from an enemy into an investor’s best friend, says Jim Paulsen.

  • Matthew Fox

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