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Investment tips

August

There is still time for savers to secure a good deal.

The window to make decent money on term deposits is fast closing

Banks have already started cutting interest rates anticipating the Reserve Bank’s next move, but there are still reasonable deals to be found.

  • Michelle Bowes
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

June

The battle in the UK High Court has been hard fought by BHP.

BHP accuses class action law firm of ‘losing’ 100,000 claimants

BHP lost its claim to have 33,000 claimants struck out of the class action it is defending over the 2015 Mariana dam disaster, but the overall figure still slipped from 700,000 to 600,000.

  • Ronald Mizen and Kylar Loussikian

May

Why I’ve got more in my super than when I retired 11 years ago

Choosing the right financial adviser can help set strategies, achieve goals and protect wealth. Here’s how to find the right one – and how much you should pay.

  • Duncan Hughes

April

Play Monopoly like a property tycoon.

Nine of the best games to play to supercharge your investing

What if you could learn everything you need to know about investing by playing a few board games? Here are nine that will give you a head start.

  • Andrew Hobbs
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February

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Death of the star stockpicker: Investors pull $230b from hedge funds

Clients are tiring of managers’ poor returns in bull and bear markets.

  • Costas Mourselas

January

Universities can support new investors with expertise and experience.

‘Sophisticated investor’ rule change will be counterproductive

It’s not the money, it is the advice and expertise that a new investor can get access to that protects everyone’s interests.

  • Mark Humphery-Jenner

May 2023

Paul Xiradis, chief investment officer at $14.8 billion fund Ausbil Investment Management, is bullish on iron ore.

Paul Xiradis has been investing for 40 years. Here’s what he’s buying

The Ausbil executive chairman and founder is up for the “challenge” of a low earnings growth environment and says decarbonisation and China’s recovery offer rare bright spots.

  • Aleks Vickovich
Charlie Munger and Warren Buffett squishmallows on display at the Berkshire Hathaway AGM.

Berkshire investors mull a future without Buffett

At 92 and 99, this could be Warren Buffett’s and Charlie Munger’s last annual general meeting. But shareholders aren’t frightened.

  • Matthew Cranston
Northcape’s Fleur Write speaking at Alpha Live.

Where four experts would invest $10,000 if they were 25 years old

The future is uncertain, but four experts share how they would deal with it if they were 25.

  • Lucy Dean

November 2022

Tribeca’s Jun Bei Liu at the Sohn Hearts and Minds conference in Hobart.

Why Sohn’s top stock pickers want investors to play it safe

AMP, Transurban and Champion Iron unseated Coinbase, Delivery Hero and Megaport as the Sohn Hearts & Minds stock pickers kept it deliberately simple.

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  • Jonathan Shapiro, Jemima Whyte, Alex Gluyas, Emma Rapaport and James Thomson
Sebastian Snow

Student investor battles ‘diehards’ for knowledge

Biochemistry student Sebastian Snow joined a trading app that lets investors around the world compete in an online game.

  • Lucy Dean
“In the short term, I worry about not having great things to buy,” says Howard Marks.

Howard Marks on why now is the time to look at China

Chairman and co-founder of Los Angeles-based investment firm Oaktree Capital likes China because it is ‘uninvestable’, and he is over the moon about our super system.

  • Tony Boyd

September 2022

Crispin Murray: 22 years at BTIM.

Top Pendal fundie stands behind Qantas bull case

Longtime backer and fund manager Crispin Murray believes Qantas can restore its share price from where it was pre-pandemic as it gains market share and lowers costs.

  • Emma Rapaport

August 2022

US Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell.

Persistence not peak is key for US inflation

The sharemarket has focused on picking the top of US inflation, but the real concern is how long it hangs around, and how the Federal Reserve will respond.

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  • Matthew Cranston
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September 2021

Shoppers in masks on Sydney’s Pitt Steet. Retail will be one of the first beneficiaries of the reopening.

Investors get ready for 11pc return from property stocks

Listed landlords have outperformed the S&P/ASX200 by 8.5 percentage points over the past six months and there is more to come, according to Jarden.

  • Nick Lenaghan

March 2021

While generating wealth is usually a long, slow process, making a commitment early will reap benefits.

How to build enduring wealth – no matter how much you earn

Spend less than you earn, save the difference, and do something meaningful with the money saved.

  • Michael Hutton

January 2021

Alibaba founder Jack Ma has gone missing.

Magellan's Douglass sticks with China tech

Magellan Financial group, manager of a $15 billion global equities strategy, has raised its risk rating on Chinese tech stocks but says they are still fundamentally undervalued.

  • Tony Boyd

October 2020

Shareplicity author Danielle Ecuyer is backing Millennial investors.

The Boomer backing Millennials on Tesla

In the battle between Wall Street and young investors over the world's most popular growth stocks, this Boomer is siding with the Millennials.

  • Aleks Vickovich
Unlisted property funds withstood the June quarter economic downturn to deliver a 14.5 per cent return over the previous 12 months.

Unlisted funds beat property stocks through the crisis

Unlisted property funds withstood the June quarter economic downturn to deliver a 14.5 per cent return over the previous 12 months.

  • Nick Lenaghan

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