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Gold Outlook 2026: Push ahead or pull back
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Australia is out of step on nuclear power
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Stocks don't always beat bonds
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Is India the world's best growth story?
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A closer look at UniSuper and AustralianSuper
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The bank is still a terrible place to put your money
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The ASX's 16-year drought: a rebuttal
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A world out of sync with inflation
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Is more trouble coming for the 60/40 portfolio?
The traditional 60/40 equity/bond portfolio has performed poorly during the recent period of high and persistent inflation. With some indication that peak inflation has passed, now seems a good time to do a stock-take on the year so far and what it might imply for portfolios going forward. It seems to me that the easiest way to parse where markets sit is by way of analogies to three famous children’s stories: The Boy Who Cried Wolf, Goldilocks, and The Pied Piper of Hamelin.
Three companies using technology to become global powerhouses
The history of societal progress is often told as the history of technological change and at a large enough scale, this is true. For example, the invention of the steam engine and the computer have allowed people to do things in ways that are unquestionably more efficient. But a narrow focus on these technological leaps often overlooks the more subtle but important progress of organisational, industrial design, and the move towards automation.
How diversified bond portfolios yield 7%
Adam Grotzinger is a Senior Portfolio Manager for Neuberger Berman’s Strategic Income Fund, widely available on Australian platforms. Neuberger Berman manages about US$440 billion across all asset classes in 35 offices worldwide, including Sydney. GH: It's been a difficult time for investors with global stockmarkets down 20% and major bond indexes off 10%, even US Treasuries. Is it a ‘nowhere to hide’ period for investors?
11 lessons from my lousy $50K profit on Afterpay
On 23 March 2020, Afterpay (APT) traded at a low for the year of $8.01 and 18.8 million shares changed hands. On 3 July 2020, Afterpay hit $70, a rise of almost 800% in only three and a half months. That’s a lot of winners and losers in a short time. When the history of the amazing investing year of 2020 is written, Afterpay will be the feature stock. Co-founders Nick Molnar and Anthony Eisen both own 20.5 million shares or about 8.1% of the company, worth nearly $1.5 billion each at $70.
Property investors should know these 4 things before they invest
If you're about to invest property, here are four things you need to know. Source: Getty Our real estate markets have surprised many on the upside this year– especially the strong resurgence of the Melbourne and Sydney property markets. But what lies ahead for our real estate markets now? Will they keep up their momentum, or will tight lending restrictions from our banks starve the market of the finance it needs to grow?
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