Insights

When one trustee of an SMSF dies, the next steps don't have to be as complicated as you think.

Generation X must keep faith in superannuation, despite the constantly changing rules.

The ability to read key signals within the markets is becoming crucial.

Bond yields are not abnormally low - rather they were unusually high in recent times. Understanding this is crucial in today's stock market.

The world's largest insurer of collectible cars says the market is looking healthy.

Price-earnings ratios and understanding Eureka share recommendations.

Negative yields on bonds are no longer unicorns. In Switzerland, Germany, Denmark and several other European countries, government bonds are trading at negative nominal yields. There are four potential reasons that can explain the negative yield conundrum and can also illustrate the trade-offs between different investment strategies.

The Federal Reserve is preparing to consider interest rate hikes "on a meeting-by-meeting basis," Fed Chair Janet Yellen told a congressional committee on Tuesday, a subtle shift of emphasis that helps lay the groundwork for the Fed's first rate hike since 2006.

The battle against lowflation may decide whether the global expansion sputters, or ramps into one of the longest on record.

Fixed Interest Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) are available to those who don't want to invest directly in fixed interest securities. We recommend you look at such funds the same way you look at individual securities.

The two potential international risk events for markets had positive outcomes last night. Janet Yellen's testimony moved expectations for a rate hike out in time while the boxes were ticked to cement a four month funding program for Greece.

Investing can be profitable as well as fun, but it can also be unnerving and unprofitable if you don't understand markets and don't have the right mindset. The basics of successful investing are timeless and some experts have a knack of encapsulating these in a way that's insightful.

Seven months after the Federal Reserve warned that valuations of some smaller, biotechnology and social-media stocks may be "stretched" in the U.S., Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is using the same word to describe the whole shebang.

Global financial markets welcomed the deal between Greece and its creditors but remained highly cautious given the lingering uncertainty about the path ahead for Athens. While Greece was given a four month loan extension, that is less time than what it seems within which they need to construct an alternative reform agenda .

Weaker commodity prices and a disappointing result from the world's largest listed mining company could see Australian shares under pressure at the open today, although a fall in the Australian dollar overnight may bring international support. Local factors will be highly influential as another twenty top tier companies release reports.

This week we look at Asciano, Carsales.com, Bendigo and Adelaide Bank, Amcor and Coca-Cola Amatil.