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Chart of the week: Should we do away with 60/40 portfolios?
Personal Finance
Chart of the week: Should we do away with 60/40 portfolios?
This week's chart of the week looks at the correlation of stock and bond markets since 2022, and whether this nullifies the benefits of...
Shani Jayamanne | 13 November 2024
Chart of the week: Market returns under Republicans or Democrats?
Markets
Chart of the week: Market returns under Republicans or Democrats?
This week's chart of the week looks at the minimal impact on markets that party has, and instead focuses on another measure that is a bigger tell of...
Shani Jayamanne | 10 November 2024
Chart of the week: Small caps lagging
Stocks
Chart of the week: Small caps lagging
This week's chart of the week comes from Morningstar's Market Strategist's take on small caps
Shani Jayamanne | 31 October 2024
Chart of the week: Tax cuts fueling revival in discretionary spending
Markets
Chart of the week: Tax cuts fueling revival in discretionary spending
This week's chart of the week comes from the Morningstar Equity Research team's Australian Retailing Q3 2024 report
Shani Jayamanne | 24 October 2024
Chart of the week: The state of mining's biggest players
Stocks
Chart of the week: The state of mining's biggest players
This week's chart comes from the Australian equity market outlook for Q4.
Shani Jayamanne | 20 October 2024
Chart of the week: Blue chips look expensive, more opportunities in smaller caps
Personal Finance
Chart of the week: Blue chips look expensive, more opportunities in smaller caps
This week's chart comes from the Australian equity market outlook for Q4.
Shani Jayamanne | 10 October 2024
Chart of the week: What's in a name? Balanced funds appear anything but balanced
Funds
Chart of the week: What's in a name? Balanced funds appear anything but balanced
This week’s chart of the week comes from Morningstar’s latest Superannuation Landscape Report and urges investors to look beneath the...
Shani Jayamanne | 03 October 2024
Expect to be retired for a long time: Chart of the Week
Stocks
Expect to be retired for a long time: Chart of the Week
Last week we looked at pension spending and the age of retirement. Today we look at how increasing life expectancy could mean young people need an...
Lewis Jackson | 07 June 2021