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The CGT implications of selling property, and testamentary trusts explained.

Ramsay Health Care, Monadelphous, Oceanagold and APA Group.

Planning aged care.

It is all too easy to box at macroeconomic and geopolitical shadows and miss the real risk in investing that is buying things that are too expensive. When the real risks emerge from the shadows, you'll get hit worst...

Research shows excited people are great at blowing up investment bubbles. So read this and calm down.

While US markets paused last night ahead of tomorrow's Fed meeting, the question for local traders today will be whether our local market can also hold up in the face of weaker commodity prices.

Softer commodity prices overnight have set the tone for a nervous opening session on the Australian stock market.

The family-run dental business is researching new products, but there's a lack of visible growth opportunities.

Manny Pohl, Michael Glennon and more.

It's the biggest thing to happen in property trusts for a long time...here's what you need to know.

We're moving on given the lack of catalysts for growth in the near term.

Investors have decided to go with the US and pushed the local market higher at the open. US stocks provided a positive lead for investor sentiment by breaking strongly into new highs for the year.

Equity and commodity market reaction to the latest ECB stimulus package is signalling two things. The first is a recognition that the marginal impact of monetary stimulus is now limited. The second is that for markets, the most significant aspect of last night's announcement was the indication that no more easing was planned.

Today's trading is sandwiched between the Reserve Bank of NZ's surprise rate cut this morning and the European Central Bank's much anticipated announcement this evening. Despite strong leads from overnight share and commodity trading, investor enthusiasm may be subdued by the potential for further ECB disappointment.

Thinking about the worse case might help you steer a straighter course through market storms.