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Final edition for 2015: asset class review and 2016 outlook, market timing, purpose of super, assisting parents, robo-advisors and SMSF trust deeds.
Headline profit figures, commodities and share prices, investing for a lifetime, super research and opportunities in China.
Aussie dollar link to commodities, valuing management, yield or growth, behind roboadvice, economy woes and diversification in practice.
Index flaws, investment anchors, payroll tax, risk culture, second mortgages and Reader Survey results.
Changing benchmarks, social infrastructure, slow world economy, pricing global ETFs, great international businesses.
Ensure SMSFs right for you, Volkswagen driving lessons, household borrowing unfettered, income in retirement, divesting sin stocks, not super happy.
Roger Montgomery on shorting the market, plus residential property outlook, John Piggott interview, SMSFs, and small cap returns.
Das on debt and growth, retirement products, manager performance, assisting parents, breaking fixed loans and fairer tax reforms.
All Star Edition: Chris Cuffe, Roger Montgomery, Adele Horin, Noel Whittaker, Shane Oliver, Marcus Padley.
Commercial real estate, responsible investing, retirement living, investment newsletters, roboadvice reality and disruption, and resource stocks.
SMSF audits, roboadvice survey results, informed investing, adviser trust, pension taxation and thematics.
SMSF's global investments, China downside, how to buy shares, our top-ranking super funds, new adviser register and fintech startups.
The roboadvice pitch and you're the angel, high net worth investing, cloud computing, SMSFs buying overseas property and mortgage funds.
Passive v active, 25 years of investment lessons, focus on return on equity and the listed real estate
Timing badly, generating alpha, reverse mortgages, three investment rules, China and currencies, default super options and The Great Transition.
Bond myths, global investing, lifecycle funds and engagement, responsible investing, ethics and finance and a work test surprise.
Impact investing, growth vs value, Australian media, listed bonds, a new phase of life and smart beta.
Buying on dips, SMSF White Paper, market timing, yield curves, BBSW rates, capital management, and the latest in charitable investing.
Fear of irrelevancy, reporting season, Greece's dilemma, income-focussed investing, SMSF compliance and who pays income tax.
Real estate outlook, too much bank bias, VicSuper's retirement evolution, independent directors, fund manager research, SMSFs buying property.
Hamish Douglass on 'Being an Investor', finance news sources, negative gearing, virus attacks, fintech, bank capital and SuperStream.
Inside the racehorse industry, recessions, Ben Graham and Warren Buffett on investing, pension reforms and low turnover funds.
Retirement income products, prior winners vs losers in FY15, SMSFs and property, online wealth advice, market psychology and PC Report.
FY2015 performance review, imputation credits, negative gearing, SMSF technology and global shares, and extravagant Chinese share valuations.
Bond rates effect on shares, China's property surplus, sequence risk, IPO caution, convertible bonds and charitable giving.
Howard Marks on risk, hedging FX, women's retirement prospects, intrinsic value, productivity and your credit report.
Changes are coming to super, hints from the Swiss, non-residential property demand, risk in practice and and pension asset testing.
Thanks for making over one million pageviews. Plus what's happening to super, hedge funds, tax loss selling and advisers' market views.
Hedge funds, robo-advice, index theories, EOFY for SMSFs, retirement system reform and longevity awareness.
Kerr Neilson's global insights, longevity of SMSF trustees, ATO regulation of SMSFs, active management and thinking rationally.
Super savings, passive investing, understanding biotech, digital disruption and SMSF guidance.
Costs of property investment, banks not defensive, new love in retirement, China's stock market spike, and valuing tech companies.
Tax-aware investing, banking disruption, insuring your children, internal fraud, equity risk and prices, super's 'new tax'.
House prices in Australia and Sydney, index fund returns, fixed income myths and retirement planning.
Bonds versus funds, credit price volatility, trading strategies in ETFs, avoiding Asian sugar hits, financial literacy and more wealth disruption.
Disruption and the future of wealth, part 2. Also: negative yield bonds, insurance bonds, collectable assets in SMSF, and commercial property.
Easter edition: infrastructure investment, aged care reforms, dividend yields, zero coupon bonds, dividend growers and a tax conversation.
Listed fund innovation, tax-deductible super, mean-reversion, QE in Europe and Asian market expectations.
Using leverage, economy's impact on retirement, inflation risk, Apple watch and tech innovation.
Double edition of opinions, insights and ideas from market leaders: Warwick McKibbin, Garry Weaven, Phil Ruthven, Pauline Vamos, Peter Kell, Jeremy Cooper, Noel Whittaker, Chris Cuffe.
The life of a fixed rate bond, SMSFs, Buffett's wisdom, our regulators and illiquid assets.
Australian debt, behind Treasury's numbers, term deposit rule changes, perceptions of risk, and back to DB ideals.
FSI and the future of super, ETF liquidity, low yields for retirees and 'hot-desking'.
Disrupting wealth management, low bond yields, empty nesters staying put, cycling and investing, anticipating the Tax White Paper.
Retirement spending, improving term deposit returns, SMSF taxation, small super and P2P lending.
Investing tips: active management justified, LIC discounts, smart beta and the long term. Plus the NBN and Burma's working life.