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When the executive chairman of the company accused of misleading conduct tells investors their shares have not performed because of a bear market, Mike Mangan decided it was a claim worth investigating. His verdict: Up to a point, Lord Murdoch

Peter Morgan fears creative financiers in the infrastructure sector are inflating a bubble with ominous parallels to the lead-up to the crash of 1987, writes associate editor Michael Pascoe. In today’s video interview, Morgan tells Pascoe why he believes the market is at a cyclical high

There are plenty of reasons to believe the Australian stockmarket will stay well ahead of its long-term average during 2005-06. However, Charlie Aitken fears some sectors, particularly infrastructure, are starting to defy gravity

Self-storage is just catching on, is growing fast and has huge potential. And, as Mark Armstrong and Fiona Marsden explain, it offers investors different ways of getting a foothold

In a close field, analysts at The Intelligent Investor give the edge to ANZ and Westpac, but remain unconvinced of NAB's recovery story as banks approach their reporting season.

Young marrieds with children are heading out of town for the wider spaces of the inner suburbs, pushing auction activity and prices to unprecedented levels. By Mark Armstrong

Becoming the world's biggest miner was the best thing that ever happened to BHP, the resource company's former chief executive, Paul Anderson, tells associate editor Michael Pascoe in today's video interview.

Audio of last Friday's interview with Michael Delaney of MTAA Super.

An encouraging letter from US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has brought a jump in the share price of a small Sydney company, Silex Systems, whose technology promises a better way of enriching uranium. Behind the scenes is a remarkable story of a unique Australian investment, says Richard Campbell.

Is Inflation a problem? Eureka Report's economic correspondents are not too worried...just yet. AMP's Shane Oliver believes the 'latest bout of paranoia will fade'. At HSBC John Edwards thinks the RBA could lift rates if oil-fuelled inflationary pressures persist while Stephen Koukoulas says wage claims are the biggest concern in the coming months.

Nuclear power is the alternative energy of the future, says former BHP chief executive Paul Anderson. In today's video Anderson - now chairman of US-based Duke Energy - tells associate editor, Michael Pascoe, carbon tax programs will accelerate the global transition to cleaner fuel.

The lull in the market offers investors the perfect opportunity to buy up quality resources stocks. Big corporates are already doing just that. By Charlie Aitken.

Non-residential property yields could fall another 2% — accelerating capital growth prospects for investors, says AMP Capital Investor's chief economist, Shane Oliver.

Michael Delaney runs one of Australia's most successful superannuation funds, the Canberra-based Motor Traders Association of Australia. On video Delaney tells Associate Editor Michael Pascoe how he keeps his returns high, his fees low and his investments well away from hedge funds.

The taxman is getting fed up with self-managed super funds making the same old mistakes and is cracking down on them. Barbara Smith explains how they can be avoided.