Insights

The breaking news this month: Should the self-employed be forced to pay super? Aussie homes little better than 'tin sheds' for energy efficiency, and over one in four are clueless about term deposits.

One of the best features of bond ETFs is their regular distributions. However, one curiosity is the way the distributions can vary from quarter to quarter. We look at why.

​​​​​​​Robert Gottliebsen untangles the connections between a strong stock market, a cautious home lender and a travel-starved Aussie spender.

So, you've decided to invest in international shares. Next question: hedged or unhedged? Scott Francis looks at the pros and cons.

A positive quarter for all InvestSMART diversified portfolios & the probability of positive returns

How did actively managed funds fare in last year's volatile markets? The results are in.

In recent years, there's been a push to teach children financial literacy, and rightly so. We know that money skills and healthy financial habits learned in childhood can lead to a lifetime of good financial decisions.

Steve Sammartino convinces ChatGPT to create a stock portfolio worthy of the best stock pickers.

Despite the latest bout of government tinkering, super is still a great wealth creation tool. Theo Marinis examines what those with big super balances can do to maximise the benefits.

Scott Francis argues the case for looking beyond Australian shores and shares for investment opportunities.

James Ling shines a light on some of the thinking behind Silicon Valley luminary Balaji Srinivasan's Bitcoin bet.

Scott Francis explores whether an investor can emulate the returns from the Future Fund with superannuation pension funds accessible to all investors.

Having financial goals is an important step to achieving long-term wealth. We look at how to set up these goals, and why saving can help us achieve them.

Australians are being warned to be wary of phone calls and texts that appear to be from their bank, following reports of people losing their life savings to highly sophisticated frauds.

A new report pulls no punches about investing in property, concluding that 60% of investors would have earned better returns putting their money into super.

Rising interest rates don't affect each of us equally, and it can seem as though home owners with a mortgage are doing more than their fair share to bring down inflation.