Property

David Potts

Well, things aren't so bad after all

Potts Spot Inflation's under control and the Reserve's holding fire, with money going cheap it may be time to take stock.

Build foundations on fundamentals

Times are tough in property but owners can still thrive by getting back to basics, writes Jason Clout.

Annette Sampson

Right call: individual factors influence price most

Annette Sampson It is often said investors would be much better off if they approached share investing in the same way they buy property.

Funky places to park funds

Collect That slab of concrete where you park your car is now one of the most valuable pieces of city real estate, rivalling office and apartment space for cost per square metre.

Rental squeeze begins to ease

Chris Vedelago and Nathan Partenza Melbourne's rental market turns in favour of tenants with vacancy rates - particularly for high-end apartments - hitting a six-year high.

Priority No. 1: survival. Priority 100: sharemarket glory

Marcus Padley From 1941 to the low in 1974, the average annual compound return on the All Ordinaries index for 33 years was 2.9 per cent.

Reforms to the laws covering financial planners soon to be voted on by Federal Parliament will be ''fantastic'' for those who sign up for advice after July 1, consumer advocate Choice says, but will...

Invest in your skill, don't sell it

Barbara Drury Phillip di Bella started his coffee business 10 years ago with $5000 of his own money, a borrowed roasting machine and a determination to use his brains, not his wallet, to get ahead.

Hot stock: Commonwealth Bank

Hot Stock Bank-bashing season is in full flight and the Commonwealth Bank has painted a big target on its crest.

Trust being rebuilt

John Collett Australian listed property had a spectacular fall from grace during the worst of the GFC, when prices fell almost 80 per cent between their peak in February 2007 and the bottom in March 2009.

The myth about mutant stocks

Potts Spot Hybrid shares are complex instruments that promise more than they deliver. Better to avoid the pitfalls and play it straight.

Tech Talk

A greater share of the wealth

Penny Pryor A new report predicts that as the world economic storm abates and trading equities becomes easier, Australians will raise their direct holdings.

New returns formula

John Collett More than $1 billion was withdrawn by investors from multi-sector funds in the three months of July, August and September last year as investors took flight, rattled by the deepening European debt...

Best defence

John Kavanagh Australian fixed interest was the top-performing asset class in 2011. Investors bid up the price of bonds as they shifted to defensive assets in response to the European sovereign debt crisis and...