Share Market

Time to bale out of the banks

Nathan Bell In this environment, look for stocks that should provide satisfactory returns over the long-term.

INVESTMENTS

Watchdog dodges real issue of complex products

Richard Livingston An ASIC report on structured investments has missed the real issue - some of these products are far more dangerous than others.

The Chartist

Rising telco shows signs of sustaining growth

Rod Myer Canny investors are finding options in the telco market. One is M2, which has returned shareholders 84.3 per cent in the past year.

Insight

More dividends not something to bank on

Clancy Yeates A big reason bank stocks have been such a smash hit with investors this year is their great dividends.

A capital investment idea

David Potts Have the tenants pay off your mortgage and the capital gains will look after themselves.

PROPERTY SPECIAL

Be smart before you buy

David Potts Property investors have rarely had it so good, even if it's at the expense of first home buyers.

FAIR EXCHANGE

You'll need big pockets to copy Soros

John Collett Small investors who might be planning to emulate George Soros should think again

Man Utd shares dive - is it a chance to score?

The question for small investors is whether there is a chance to grab a piece of "the world's greatest soccer team".

PROPERTY

Siren call of a sector on the rebound

John Collett The stunning returns of listed property are enticing - but be wary.

John Collett

Popping claims of a banking bubble

John Collett The ''great bank bubble of 2013'' should be taken about as seriously as the great Australian house price bubble before it.

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INTELLIGENT INVESTOR

Gold bubble burst, pricked by inflation and mining costs

Nathan Bell It has been the most violent fall in prices in three decades. Since hitting $US1900 an ounce in September last year, the gold price has fallen below $US1400 an ounce, a fall of 26 per cent in just...

UNDER THE RADAR

Getting ahead in the cloud

Richard Hemming Can investors still make money from IT services as the sector's period of rapid growth draws to an end?

GOLDEN DAZE

Who's to blame for great gold collapse?

John Collett It is the whodunnit of the great gold sell-off. Are the massive falls the fault of the "paper" markets or is the culprit the exchange traded funds?

GOLD SLIDE

Golden oldies sticking to their beliefs

David Potts If the bullion boom is definitely over, it is playing out in some very strange ways.

Case Study: Don't panic!

David Potts He has $1.5million of shares stacked into his DIY super fund and says the secret to sharemarket investing is to never panic.

How to invest in the Japanese market

Barbara Drury Opportunities are limited for Australians who want to invest in the Japanese market.

INTELLIGENT INVESTOR

Banish that monkey business

Nathan Bell Had your garden-variety primate randomly selected five stocks in March 2009, chances are it would now be sitting on huge capital gains, contemplating reinvesting them in bananas by the truckload.

UNDER THE RADAR

Everyone selling? It's time to buy

Richard Hemming The gold price fall means some investors are averaging down. When the gold price plummeted last week, hitting a two-year low, not everyone panicked and sold all their gold stocks.

INVESTING

ASX to offer bond trading

John Kavanagh A new investment market will open for retail investors in May when the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) offers exchange-traded Australian government bonds.