How to avoid behavioural investment traps
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Many people don’t realise the greatest impact on their investment returns could in fact be their own behaviour. Here are four behavioural traps you should be aware of.
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Five big questions for AREIT investors
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Investing in Australian real estate investment trusts (AREITs) is supposed to be boring. The aim is to receive stable distributions that turn up like clockwork, with low share price volatility to match the predictable returns.
Read MoreBeyond Brexit
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Brexit triggered volatility in markets, including a sharp depreciation of the British pound and dramatic falls in the share prices of British and European banks. However, we believe the probability of a major global systemic risk event due to Brexit is low in the short term.
Read MoreProperty and diversified portfolio
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Diversification is the standard tactic employed to reduce the total risk of your investment portfolio. By spreading your investment risk across different asset classes, geographic markets, time periods, fund managers and shares, losses should be isolated to independent asset classes and ideally, can be offset by gains on other assets.
Read MoreMaking sense of the fixed income landscape
/Fixed income in a portfolio can provide liquidity, regular income and diversify away from risk in shares. Essentially, fixed income assets should provide some certainty and predictability, which can be the defensive anchor of a portfolio.
Read MoreTime to reconsider emerging markets?
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After a prolonged period of market volatility, the news from emerging markets has taken on a more positive tone since the start of 2016.
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Why franking credits are important for retirees
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Many of you will have seen the term franking credit appear on your share dividend statements, but what does a franking credit actually mean and how you can benefit?
Read MoreAn SMSF trustee decision for the long, long haul
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One of the longest-term decisions many investors will make is whether to setup a self-managed super (SMSF) fund with individual trustees or a corporate trustee.
Read MoreFour tips on what to do with a windfall
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We’ve all had those ‘what if’ moments, where thinking big gives us a rush of adrenaline. But seriously, before you rush off on that long dreamed of holiday, what should you do if you were lucky enough to land a windfall? Here are four practical options to consider:
Read MoreWhy China’s property market matters
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A credit-fuelled property bubble enabled China to maintain its incredible run of growth through the global financial crisis (GFC). However, now China has to deal with a massive excess supply of property that is causing construction activity to contract along with a range of other linked sectors in the Chinese economy, as millions of homes lie vacant.
Read MoreGetting ahead in your 50s
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Life in your 50s is great. You don’t have a huge mortgage, the kids have grown up and are not as dependent on you, your career has progressed… So what is next financially?
Read MoreMaximise your opportunities for the end of financial year
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June 30 is fast approaching but there’s still time to consider strategies to help you build your wealth and reduce the amount of tax you pay.
Read MoreDemystifying long-short funds
/The benefits of a combined long/short fund: increasing the opportunity for alpha
Read MoreHave you considered exchange traded funds?
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While you may have purchased shares on the ASX, have you considered purchasing an exchange traded fund (ETF)? ETFs are managed funds that can be bought and sold in the same way as listed shares. They blend the benefits of both managed funds and shares.
Read MoreGlobal technology wars
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Every day, we are bombarded with news about incredible breakthroughs in the technology sphere. What was once a long way into the future, maybe in a different world, is coming closer and at a faster pace.
Read MorePlummeting oil prices and quantitative easing have global significance
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While the US ceased quantitative easing (QE) in October 2014, Europe commenced QE and in Japan it continues. China is seeking to stabilise growth, as seen in the recent cut in interest rates, while on 3 February 2015, Australian cash rates were lowered from 2.5 per cent to a record low of 2.25 per cent.
Read MoreBack to basics - the foundations of risk and return
/Risk is integral to investing. Quite simply, the higher the return you want from your investments over a particular period, the more short-term volatility (or risk) you have to accept in the value of your investments.
