Evergrande’s recent troubling financial news has deeply shaken investor confidence in the Chinese property developer. Now fears have spread beyond Evergrande to China’s other property developers, causing their bond prices to fall too. Is this China’s Lehman Brothers moment? Will the potential collapse of this...
Investing on behalf of your children can help give them a financial leg up and introduce them to good financial practice at an early age. However It’s important to pick the right vehicle. Tax, social security and the appropriate structure will all affect your decision. Whether it’s...
Arguably the most successful investor of the modern age, Warren Buffett is still the chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway at 90 years old, and currently has a net worth of over $100 billion, writes Robert Francis. While Buffett is famously frugal, eating at McDonald’s for...
Despite being one of the big winners during the COVID-19 pandemic, global healthcare is predicted to continue to perform strongly over the longer term, an industry expert has said. While the healthcare sector currently accounts for around 10 per cent of the world’s GDP, or US$11...
Investors who are living off a dividend stream are being advised that they might face some financial hardship, with the COVID-19 crisis likely to cause a reduction in how much companies can pay shareholders. Portfolio manager of the Ausbil Active Dividend Income Fund Michael Price said investors should...
2020, a year that will be marked in history by a pandemic that had devastating effects on global health and economic activity to individuals and nations across the world.
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Stockmarkets are defying logic. After plunging almost 40% in March, markets have been rallying over the last few months! Why? Is it sustaniable? To solve the mystery one must understand crowd psychology and the virality of ideas. The performance of stockmarkets, especially in the United...
Responsible and ethical investing – what are they and what’s the difference? Whether it’s the war on waste, human rights abuses, animal rights or climate change that is your issue of choice (or perhaps you’re concerned about all of them), more of us are taking an...
If you’re interested in seeing what your options are outside of investment property and super this article explores some of the different investment options available. Cash investments If you put your money into cash investments (including savings accounts and term deposits), the returns will often be lower...
If you’re lucky enough to have some cash burning a hole in your pocket, popping it under your mattress isn’t really the ideal way to go about things. So where should you put the stuff? It is never too early to start investing in shares....
He is also an accomplished presenter and educator
Co-authoring the popular investment book, Property vs Shares.