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Compared to the rest of the market, the big four bank shares don’t perform well. A common theme among the experts I talk to on my share investment program The Call is their frustration in talking with clients who seem to marry their big four bank shares… they just won’t even talk about selling them.… Read more »
I read about an interesting sharemarket strategy during the week which got me wondering whether it could apply to the Australian market – it’s called The Dogs of the Dow. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, known as the Dow, is a US stockmarket index made of 30 large US blue chip companies which are well-established… Read more »
Well, politicians just can’t keep their hands off our superannuation, can they? They encourage us to invest for our retirement, so they don’t need to pay us the aged pension and then constantly change the rules. I sort of agree with the Federal Treasurer that the person with $544 million doesn’t need all of us… Read more »
The ATO has adjusted how you can claim your work-from-home tax costs. While most of the COVID health restrictions have now been lifted, a lot of businesses are still operating a hybrid work place where staff have the flexibility to work from home on a regular basis. As a result, the Australian Tax Office has… Read more »
Going guarantor on your child’s loan is a family minefield for so many reasons. I generally don’t recommend it, but if you have to do it, be cautious. Australian parents are incredibly generous when it comes to supporting their adult children. I agree, we should be supporting them EXCEPT if it puts our finances, our… Read more »
Yes, loan interest rates are going up, but so is interest paid on savings accounts. Granted many banks haven’t lifted savings rates at the same pace as loan rates, but many have. I was stunned by a survey from research group Finder which found more than 1 in 2 Aussies (53 per cent) are still… Read more »
CommSec have found the standout stocks of the past decade and there’s one particular company that’s been a real winner. A couple of weeks ago I showed the best performing listed shares for 2023… and the duds of the year. Overall, the winners were resource stocks (coal miners in particular) and the duds were tech… Read more »
Most superannuation funds lost money in 2022. That’s just not good enough. In my mind superannuation fund returns were frankly terrible in 2022. Every working Australian pays big fees to have their retirement savings compulsorily managed by superannuation funds, which pay big salaries to their chief executives and investment managers for doing the work. These… Read more »
I thought to kick off the year, it would be a good idea to start with a big picture look at the key economic drivers and investment markets. The fight against inflation is the focus of governments and central banks around the world. Over the Christmas break there have been a whole string of indicators… Read more »
Ray White chief economist Nerida Conisbee recently analysed investments to report on the best performing assets over the last 10 years and Bitcoin came out well in front. Nerida Conisbee is the economist for property group Ray White and I’ve known her for years… I love the way she thinks. So I was interested in… Read more »
