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Young & Invested: Is University still worth it?
Personal Finance
Young & Invested: Is University still worth it?
Weighing in on the argument for higher education amidst rising costs. 
Simonelle Mody | 26 February 2025
Dollar cost averaging vs lump sum investing
Personal Finance
Dollar cost averaging vs lump sum investing
What is the meaning of life? Am I a cat person or a dog person? We try to answer an easier age-old question – dollar cost averaging vs lump sum...
Shani Jayamanne | 11 February 2025
Dollar Cost Averaging vs Lump Sum Investing
Personal Finance
Dollar Cost Averaging vs Lump Sum Investing
This week's Investing Compass episode goes through the two strategies and the circumstances for which they suit, based on Morningstar and Vanguard...
Mark Lamonica | 26 August 2024
Procrastination is an investor’s worst enemy
Personal Finance
Procrastination is an investor’s worst enemy
It’s often the investment decisions you don’t make that prove costly. We look at the science behind procrastination and what you can do to overcome...
James Gruber | 29 December 2022
How the Morningstar wide moat stocks did in 2019
Stocks
How the Morningstar wide moat stocks did in 2019
Monopoly-like companies posted solid returns but look overheated while the big four banks dragged the chain after a turbulent year.
Lex Hall | 20 December 2019
Morningstar's eleven: How to spot a wide-moat stock
Stocks
Morningstar's eleven: How to spot a wide-moat stock
What do an Aussie funeral parlour and a Kiwi airport have in common? That may sound like the set-up to some crass joke but it’s actually a serious...
Lex Hall | 20 August 2019
Investing basics: should investors bulk-buy or drip-feed?
Personal Finance
Investing basics: should investors bulk-buy or drip-feed?
Dollar-cost averaging and lump-sum investing are two distinct approaches to buying shares or funds, and while both have a role to play, one is...
Emma Rapaport | 05 July 2019