Which is more important, fees or performance?
Performance rarely lasts, but small fee reductions can add materially to your retirement savings.
The Dichotomy Economy
Steve Sammartino explains the existence of the 'Dichotomy Economy' – whereby the majority of attention and revenue now reside at the extreme ends of the market and the traditionally defensive middle ground has been eroded.
An update on recent SMSF changes
Patrick Duke outlines the recent SMSF regulatory and legislative changes and how they will impact your superannuation fund going forward.
Paul's Insights: Today's financial relief can come at a cost
The COVID-19 pandemic is not just influencing our lives today. It could impact our finances for many years to come.
Industrial property mega-leases a sign of the times
Alex Gluyas explains how the acceleration in online shopping and working from home have allowed industrial property to break away from its struggling retail and office space counterparts.
Modern Monetary Theory and mainstream economics converging
Former deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia and current non-resident fellow of the Lowy Institute, Stephen Grenville, takes us back to the catalyst of MMT's push towards mainstream economics in the GFC and explains how the COVID-19 crisis has given this radical rethink of economics a huge boost in popularity.
InvestSMART Portfolios Quarterly Update - June 2020
InvestSMART Capped Fee Portfolio quarterly updates for June
Paul's Insights: Investing in cash? Think ahead
Investment markets may be unpredictable but one thing is for sure - each year seems to go by faster.
BootCamp: an online course to hone your investing skills
Everyone needs a knowledge refresher now and then. Our new course builds a solid foundation for better returns.
Dimerix gains momentum on pandemic study inclusion
Alex Gluyas catches up with the CEO and Managing Director of Dimerix Limited, Nina Webster, to discuss its DMX-200 drug candidate which can be used to treat acute respiratory distress syndrome in COVID-19 patients and has recently been included in the REMAP-CAP study, a pandemic special study endorsed by the WHO.
How to road test your financial planner
Theo Marinis runs through three simple tests to use when figuring out if a financial planner is willing to go the distance for you.
Director Deeds: Cashing in
It's a sell-off special this week with directors in charge of some well-performing ASX200 companies deciding to lock in their gains.
Scarcity in a world of abundance
Steve Sammartino explains why investors need to be looking at new forms of abundance and scarcity, as these themes combined historically result in 'corporate heroes'.
Brickworks poised to capitalise on warehouse demand
Alex Gluyas speaks with the Managing Director of Brickworks, Lindsay Partridge, about the increasing demand for industrial property and warehouse facilities, how COVID has impacted its Building Products arm in the US and how its large position in Washington H Soul Pattinson allows it to consistently pay out a dividend.
Talking fees with fund managers
In my work for Eureka Report, I interview a lot of fund managers. They're almost always good people, and almost always men, and usually very nerdy men at that.
Preparing your SMSF’s 2020 financials and tax return
In the first of her three-part series, Lisa Papachristoforos looks at what to provide your accountant from an asset and liability perspective when preparing your annual SMSF compliance work.