Insights

Women's financial wellbeing is on the rise, but there is still a significant gap compared to men.

Variety is the spice of life, right? And it can certainly add some spice to your investment portfolio. But there's another reason why diversity is so important for investors.

February is being viewed as an inflection month. The rising belief that inflation will return in spades, known as reflation, overshadowed what was, on balance, an impressive earnings season for the ASX and international equities as a whole.

Paying off your home loan early can make good sense. But in a low rate world it's a strategy that can come at the expense of personal wealth.

Managing investments can become a juggling act as we get older. We need a portfolio that generates regular income. But we also need assets that let us keep up with increases in the cost of living. At the same time, we tend to feel less comfortable about risk, with more of a focus on preserving capital.

As humans we have a habit of overestimating the importance of some huge defining events and underestimating the value of making small but gradual improvements.

Normally, fixed income is defined as: An investment in which the borrower or issuer (i.e., a sovereign government) is obligated to make scheduled fixed payments (known as coupon payments) for a fixed amount of time (for example: over a 10-year period). At maturity (the end of the fixed time) investors are paid the principal amount they invested, in addition to the interest they have received over the life of the investment.

Rising property values across much of Australia are likely to attract the interest of investors in 2021. But buying in a 'hot' market calls for extra care.

There's nothing like a fast-rising market to attract interest. But when it comes to Bitcoin's latest meteoric rise, could history repeat?

InvestSMART Capped Fee Portfolio review Monthly Musings - price perfection and probing for weakness

In the world of psychology, the father of defining culture is Dutch sociologist Geert Hofstede. He defined culture as 'a collective mental programming of the mind which is manifested in values and norms, but also in rituals and symbols

In this episode we talk to William, who is a very focused and driven investor with a goal that we hear all the time - he is saving for a house deposit. Here is his investment story and the process he has been through to get there.

As competition between lenders heats up, some are offering cashback payments of up to $5,000 when you refinance a home loan. But does it offer good value?

To raise or not to raise? That's the question facing the Morrison government as it grapples with whether or not to increase employer-paid super contributions.

The Coronavirus pandemic has seen one in two Australians rethink their financial goals.

While you need to be mindful of the current economic climate when considering which of Australia's 240-plus ETFs to invest in, you also need to keep one eye on the horizon - as it's over the longer term that your best returns will be achieved.