Share Market
Investors stay close to home
Madeleine Heffernan Australian retail investors are parochial, fiercely independent and cautious, an inaugural survey of investor sentiment has found.
MYOB Sub Notes: Explosive for returns and capital
Richard Livingston ‘Debt’s back baby. People are buying this crap’. That’s a quote, attributed to a banker, your author recently heard.
Stock-ing fillers for mum
Nathan Bell Tricky things, Christmas presents, especially for your mum. How many facials and cookbooks does she need? And why punish her for your lack of creativity?
Expect the unexpected to keep 2013 a lucky one
Marcus Padley At the end of any investment period, you can produce a list of the 10 best-performing stocks and the 10 worst-performing stocks and, despite all the highbrow debate, opinions and blah-blah-blah,...
Hot stock: Westfield
Greg Smith What's new? Westfield's solid performance continues, with its premium suite of assets and world-class management keeping the mama of shopping centres on top of its game.
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A bad month for hybrid investors
Richard Livingston Unless the hybrid boom continues, it's quite possible hybrid investors will end up holding a note for decades, with little prospect of early repayment.
In lieu of redeeming features
Nathan Bell Unfavourable reviews on preference share offers like ANZ CPS3 and Suncorp CPS2, or subordinated notes such as Colonial Group's, always get the phones running hot.
Time to go for growth
Barbara Drury Behavioural finance teaches us that people tend to prefer a small, certain reward today over a larger, uncertain one in the future. That pretty much sums up current sharemarket behaviour.
Hot Stock: Magellan Financial
Greg Smith What's new? Fund manager Magellan Financial has left peers in its dust this year, with many hoping just to see the treads of their limited-edition sneakers as they streak ahead.
In the lap of luxury goods
Philip Wen For the past two decades, it hasn't taken much effort for most Australian share portfolios to benefit, at least in part, from the breakneck economic growth in China.
Trust still missing from mortgages
John Kavanagh A former must-have investment for seekers of increased yield has become a pariah since the global financial crisis.
Annual report health check
Nathan Bell Long, boring, self-serving. That's the sentiment most investors profess towards annual reports. No wonder most end up in the bin. And that's where some belong, but not prematurely.
Keep kids onside - someone has to buy our stocks
Marcus Padley Here are the 10 sharemarket lessons that you should already know.
Take the time to guard your wealth
As we approach retirement, we face a difficult choice about the assets in our superannuation funds and investment portfolios.
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Wealth comes to those with time, patience and wealth
Marcus Padley We still get phone calls that start with the question, what commission rates do you charge?
Hot stock: OZ Minerals
Greg Smith OZ Minerals' flagship gold-copper mine Prominent Hill, in South Australia, is performing consistently.
Investment funds back in the race
John Collett All the pointers suggest that the patience of investors will finally be rewarded as leading Australian funds are showing excellent results.
Big four to the fore
John Collett In a difficult economic environment, the banks have held up well.
Hot stock: Westpac
Greg Fraser The banking mantra this year has been 'strong result in a low-growth economy', and Westpac has followed the script.
