Riding the Emerging Markets Tiger
While emerging market performances in recent times have not been stellar, it is important to remember that they are still playing a diversification benefit.
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Top drawer investment
An old adage about investment is that you buy a bunch of reliable stocks, stick them in your bottom drawer and forget about them. That ignores one pesky fact …
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Down the investment mineshaft
Diversification is essential because it reduces uncertainty, controls risk and increases the reliability of outcomes.
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The Broccoli and Pizza Portfolio
It’s hard to give up on the idea that investment should be exciting. Picking stocks can be fun and there’s nothing like getting your timing right.
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New Normal Old Story: Another Investment Forecast
Smart investment is about diversifying across companies, sectors and markets and balancing those equity risks with other risks in fixed interest and property.
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Second Guessing: The Economy and Markets
Markets recently have had a rocky time as investors in aggregate reassess prospects for monetary policy stimulus in the United States. Is this something to worry about?
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Jumping off the currency cart
Australian investors spend a lot of time worrying about currencies. Will the Australian dollar keep rising? Has it topped out? The truth is that nobody knows.
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The Art of Letting Go
In many areas of life, intense activity and constant monitoring of results represent the path to success. In investment, that approach gets turned on its head.
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Investment: No Free Lunches
It’s the nature of investment that people will pay a premium for the promise of a “certain” outcome. But what are the risks and hidden costs?
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Gold: Some safe haven
Gold is frequently cited in the media as a safe haven asset that offers stability in a diversified portfolio and an anchor in uncertain times. The reality, however, frequently falls short of the billing.
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The wrong end of the telescope: Smart Investor Stocks
An entire branch of the financial media exists to tell people what stocks to buy. Many people still think this works as a wealth management tool.
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Expensive mistakes – Investment diversification and risk
Advisors understand your risk appetites, situation and investment and lifestyle goals, then structure a diversified portfolio that reflects your needs.
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Running (Investing) to Stand Still
Trying to correctly time your entry point to the market is never easy. Just ask the experts.
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The Espresso Portfolio
When you haven’t got much capital of your own, the road to financial security can seem long and hard. But the truth is that wealth building is relatively simple
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