Insights

There are several ways to earn the average market return, but beware varying costs.

Today's investment market is ridden with anomalies ... and that's just where the opportunities can be found.

A sharp 5% pullback has returned the ASX to value levels. Here's what happened and where opportunities are emerging.

Secrets of the rich and focused.

More on franking credits, buying gold and potash plans.

The former chief economist of the World Bank believes China has the potential to deliver 8 per cent growth for another 20 years. If he's right, Silicon Valley, Basel, Cambridge, Munich, and Nagoya would all be at risk.

Years of easy economic gains in Asia have delayed the need for foreign investment reform, but the tide appears to be turning.

Plans by the RBA and APRA to slow lending in the housing sector are a step in the right direction, although they won't solve the market's affordability issues.

Jay Weatherill has announced a renewables target to make the climate-concerned weep with joy - 50% renewables by 2025. Wow! But electricity market data indicates the target will be achieved in 2016-17. What's going on here?

The UN climate summit in New York brought together over 100 heads of state keen to progress global reductions in emissions beyond 2020. So what did Australia's Foreign Minister Julie Bishop contribute? Very little.

After appearing on China's rich list, the country's wealthiest often find themselves out of favour with investors and the government. But Jack Ma is taking steps to ensure he stays on their good side.

As the deadline for the Financial System Inquiry looms, the banks are bracing for changes to their prudential framework that will decrease their profits and increase the costs passed on to consumers.

Succession is not a given in family businesses. Many will be forced to bring in outside management teams or to sell out.

They made billions from oil more than a century ago, but now it's time to go green.

Tony Abbott has no reasonable excuse for missing today's climate summit in New York. His absence is embarrassing for Australia, and leaves us trailing the US on the issue.

EnergyAustralia seems to be saying one thing about the electricity market to the Warburton Review, and something different to NSW Planning. While its claims are of course comical, the NSW Government has fallen for them hook, line and sinker.