Top 10 articles of last week
Last week's article on how to turn $1000 into a small fortune dominated the attention of readers, who also devoured our advice on how to avoid the three most common SMSF breaches (hint: keep good records), and our story on why the love affair with dividends shows no signs of waning.
Last week’s article on how to turn $1000 into a small fortune dominated the attention of readers, who also devoured our advice on how to avoid the three most common SMSF breaches (hint: keep good records), and our story on why the love affair with dividends shows no signs of waning.
While there are exceptions to every rule, the slow road to building wealth remains the wisest path.
Even if you engage the services of an accountant or a financial planner, as Trustee of your own SMSF, the buck stops with you. Keep good records and don't push the rules.
Dividends provide sharemarket investors with a consistent part of their total return and can also act as a 'safety net' in down trending markets.
Vanguard Australia is closing the gap in the battle for the title of Australia's largest ETF provider after pulling in close to $3 billion in net flows over the year.
The recent share price declines at each of these companies are largely sentiment-driven, with their fundamental value propositions intact, according to Morningstar analysts.
Investor demand for listed investment companies (LICs) and listed investment trusts (LITs) continues to rise, with 181 as at 30 April 2018.
Around 44 per cent of respondents believe the ASX is up to 10 per cent overvalued, according to an audience poll at the Morningstar Investment Conference.
Each of these Australian international equities funds have substantial holdings in at least one of the well-known Chinese companies Tencent, Baidu and Alibaba.
Attractive investment opportunities as bond yields top 3.5pc
With bond yields rising and the lowest correlations between fixed income and equities returns in years, here's what the smartest people in the room told Morningstar last week.
These five companies spanning a range of sectors are tipped to provide good earnings growth over 2018 and beyond, according to Morningstar analysts.
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Lex Hall is a Morningstar content, based in Sydney.
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