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We just switched our super to an SMSF. How should we invest it?
Investing something as important as your life savings requires a great deal of careful thinking.
- by Paul Benson
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Should we borrow $500,000 and invest it in shares?
Borrowing to invest is certainly a key wealth creation strategy, but it all comes down to your appetite for risk.
- by Paul Benson
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Will I regret never buying a house and just investing instead?
On the numbers, there’s seemingly an easy answer to your question. But can you really place a value on a roof over your head?
- by Paul Benson
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Sharemarket
Wall Street is changing its trade clocks. Here’s how it could cost you
The US and three other countries are halving the time for settling deals from two days to one. That will increase costs, and make it harder for international investors to buy into the world’s largest economy.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
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Bitcoin
The existential threat to bitcoin
Last week’s halving of the supply of new bitcoins and the consequential halving of revenue to the cryptocurrency’s miners raises big questions for its future.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
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Eager investors push Australian ETF market to near $200 billion
The Australian-listed ETF market has almost doubled in value during the past three years, partially due to a strong showing from bitcoin-linked funds.
- by John Collett
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Investing
Why young Australians are flocking to US shares to build wealth
By the year’s end, American and global shares could account for a combined 70 per cent of younger investors’ portfolios.
- by Nick Nicolaides
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Money psychology
Why you don’t have to be smart to be wealthy
Somehow, we’ve associated ‘clever’, needlessly complex behaviours with accruing wealth. But there’s a big problem with this narrative.
- by Paridhi Jain
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Cryptocurrencies
Bitcoin is surging. This is why it may not last
Bitcoin is back at record levels, but its time in the sun might be short-lived.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Analysis
Investing
ETF mania: Investors pour $15b into ‘building block’ investments
Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are the building block of many investment portfolios and continued to boom in popularity last year.
- by John Collett
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Investing
Trading platforms look to entice new investors as COVID boom fades
Share-trading platforms are adding features to win a greater share of the slowing number of new investors.
- by John Collett
Original URL: https://www.smh.com.au/topic/exchange-traded-funds-6fjf