Insights

On the surface, everything in the equity world appears lustrous. So far this year, global equities are up by around 4% in aggregate and the best-performing regions, notably Europe and Japan, have risen by at least twice as much. But scratch beneath this gleaming facade, and the picture becomes a bit less alluring.

Geared share funds sound attractive but they are ridden with flaws.

This week's share market action suggests US interest rates may not rise as fast as many predict but the US dollar will certainly rise and this will affect our share market.

Understanding the rules on SMSF property purchases and renting out a principal residence.

You don't have to work into your seventies. Just be smarter with your super. Have a transition-to-retirement pension in your sights.

The Australian share market still looks strong to momentum investors.

A US sell-off is no reason to halt this market… low volatility and positive indicators ultimately spell more upside.

This week we look at a fund that focuses on smaller companies outside the ASX100.

Save our super, Magellan, ETFs and the RBA.

As all investors should do at this time of year, the team at Cadence Capital contemplate what lies ahead in the investment markets and try to form a view.

James Kirby, managing editor of the Eureka Report, discusses the possibility of an imminent peak in the stock market in this video

While Australian shares remain in a longer term period of underperformance relative to global shares and US shares are also relatively vulnerable in the short term to Fed rate hikes, European shares look attractive.

After a brief pause yesterday, the share market's valuation response to Friday's strong US employment report will continue this morning. There are two drivers behind the US stock market sell-off in response to Friday's jobs number. The first is valuations. Markets are positioning for the possibility of higher interest rates and many world stock markets go into this adjustment from a starting point of relatively high PE values meaning making them vulnerable to a pull back...

There's been plenty of action on the local share market today, with the ASX200 diving early before staging an reasonable comeback.

Equity markets started off this year by falling. They rallied in February, working their way back into the green. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index now is up about 1 percent for the year. Gold has traveled the opposite path...

US shares rose as Apple reminded US investors of the importance of technological innovation to profitability and the European Central Bank launched its QE bond buying program.