No one is immune to errors, including the best investors in the world. Fortunately, investment mistakes can provide valuable lessons over time, providing investors an opportunity to gain insights on investing—and build more resilient portfolios. The CFA Institute has compiled a list of the top 20...
You can't control what happens on financial markets. But you can control one factor to improve your returns. When it comes to investing, there are things you can never control and things that you can. You can't control what happens on financial markets on a day-to-day basis...
Investors have shown renewed interest in ETFs that invest in Australian shares while continuing to back bond ETFs. Inflows into exchange traded funds (ETFs) that invest in Australian shares accelerated over the third quarter, marking a renewed focus by investors on Australian equities. Australian Securities Exchange (ASX)...
Term deposits rates have risen in line with interest rates. But don't discount bonds for longer-term outperformance. Persistently high inflation has forced the Reserve Bank of Australia and other central banks to rapidly raise official interest rates, which has flowed through to fixed income (bond) markets. The...
Share markets remain jittery. Should investors be worried about the October effect? October has a notorious reputation for being a bad month for investors. In fact, if you search for media articles written over the past fortnight you will find plenty of references to “the October effect”,...
Strange times are afoot in financial markets with contradictory assumptions being priced into various asset classes. Here’s a great summary of the confusion investors must contend with at present… Stocks are falling like a recession is coming Oil prices are rising like theres no recession in sight Interest...
Bond investors shouldn’t let the recent past derail their long-term investment strategy. We’re over a month into this new financial year and it’s clear the economic hangover from 2022 is easing, but still lingering. That is, the cocktail of persistent inflation, tight labour markets and rising policy...
Investors can currently lock in attractive term deposit rates, however equities are still likely to outperform cash over the longer term. Australia’s headline inflation rate is trending lower as higher interest rates continue to dampen consumer demand. That’s positive news for the economy, although getting inflation down...
Tough economic conditions have impacted many ASX-listed companies. But there's an easy way to reduce exposure risk. Australia’s latest corporate earnings season was always going to be a litmus test of how current macroeconomic conditions have impacted companies that operate in a diverse range of industries. It...
A growing number of Australian investors are choosing diversified ETFs and managed funds. One of the constants in investing is that investment returns are never constant. It’s quite normal for returns from different asset classes and market sectors to show variations from year to year, for a...
He is also an accomplished presenter and educator
Co-authoring the popular investment book, Property vs Shares.