Insights

With interest rates at record lows, Australians are shifting cash out of savings accounts and into other investments.

Retirement should be our golden years, and they can really sparkle if you exit the workforce with as little debt as possible.

Our investment regulator has been busy lately, issuing some stern warnings around money matters.

From anchoring to overconfidence, here we explain nine more of the most common heuristics and biases investors face.  

James Ling explores China's recent Bitcoin ban and examines what this means for cryptocurrencies and whether investors should be concerned.

Last week our CEO, Ron Hodge held a live Q&A webinar about InvestSMART's Fundlater service. The first invest now and pay later service and we were swamped with questions.

The times are tailor made for anxious souls to lose money. You can't stop worrying about that but you can do it better.

Steve Sammartino looks at what could be behind China's move to ban cryptocurrencies.

Robert Gottliebsen connects the dots between China's Evergrande and a special term deposit offer of just 0.35 per cent. Also: what the submarine deal means for your portfolio.

InvestSMART has launched a new service which is essentially buy now pay later for investing. Find out how it works.

James Ling looks at whether Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are up to the task of replacing fiat currencies.

Sharemarkets in Australia and globally have dished up big returns over the past year. That's great news for investors, but it brings a hidden downside.

Scammers have ramped up their activity during the pandemic, with research showing more than 1.2 million Australians have been scammed in the past 12 months.

Investors usually expect things to turn out pretty well, but optimism bias leaves everyone with a blind spot. Here we explain why it happens - and the antidote.

Theo Marinis enlists the support of two colleagues to provide some general insights on how to make effective estate planning provisions around a Self-Managed Superannuation Fund.

Steve Sammartino looks at what is affecting the race to find the next Big Thing that will replace the smartphone.