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Inflation is eroding investment returns, look further afield: Firstlinks Newsletter
Markets
Inflation is eroding investment returns, look further afield: Firstlinks Newsletter
Focus on real returns; Price is a liar; Rival retirement standard; Anthony Aboud; Market is not the economy; EV charge; BDN update; Lending snapshot.
Graham Hand | 28 July 2022
Poorly performing fund managers start the apology tour: Firstlinks Newsletter
Funds
Poorly performing fund managers start the apology tour: Firstlinks Newsletter
Glory days gone; Has inflation peaked? 7% bond funds; Oliver's 9 investing tips; 2 tax gifts; 30-year mortgages; Aged care rate; Consumer stock pick.
Graham Hand | 21 July 2022
Philip Lowe wants to have his cake and eat it too: Firstlinks Newsletter
Markets
Philip Lowe wants to have his cake and eat it too: Firstlinks Newsletter
What are investors doing? RBA seeks cakeism, house prices, living a good life to 100, beware averages, gold myths, ASA on LIC fees, Omicron coming.
Graham Hand | 14 July 2022
A tough year for most but not all: Firstlinks Newsletter
Markets
A tough year for most but not all: Firstlinks Newsletter
How to enjoy retirement; Survey results; Padley on fear; Demasi on short-termism; Recession looms; Volt Bank demise; Online ad threats; Newbie risk.
Graham Hand | 07 July 2022
Irreligious, millennial and born overseas: Firstlinks Newsletter
Markets
Irreligious, millennial and born overseas: Firstlinks Newsletter
Noel and Keating on super's 30+ years; Retirement survey; Census 2021; 'Promise generators'; Death of 60/40?; Time for bonds; Are ETF worries real?
Graham Hand | 30 June 2022
Super industry to deliver retirement strategies next Friday, don't expect much yet: Firstlinks Newsletter
Markets
Super industry to deliver retirement strategies next Friday, don't expect much yet: Firstlinks Newsletter
30 years of super's SG and SMSFs; Anton in 2006 and 2022; Lowe update; Tax tips and traps; Rent v buy for pension; Infrastructure; POAs; Banks.
Graham Hand | 23 June 2022
Central bank mea culpas are too little too late: Firstlinks Newsletter
Markets
Central bank mea culpas are too little too late: Firstlinks Newsletter
We were warned; Fixed versus floating investments; Companies making money; Recession? Barry Lambert story; Electrification and EV future.
Graham Hand | 16 June 2022
Fossil fuel lobbyists and Philip Lowe: Firstlinks Newsletter
Markets
Fossil fuel lobbyists and Philip Lowe: Firstlinks Newsletter
EOFY tips for SMSFs and super; Rate rise then fall; Lobbyists; Joy of small investor; Gold v Bitcoin; More tech wreck; Demerger mania; Euro inflation.
Graham Hand | 09 June 2022
Energy threatens Albo's strong start: Firstlinks Newsletter
Markets
Energy threatens Albo's strong start: Firstlinks Newsletter
Investing in energy and fossil; Retirement stocks; Inflation impact; Preferential voting; Retiree miss; The new 'Don't fight the Fed'; Investing 101.
Graham Hand | 02 June 2022
Your investment returns are lower than you think: Firstlinks Newsletter
Markets
Your investment returns are lower than you think: Firstlinks Newsletter
Timing mistakes; Democracy and our sausage; Retirement and generation winners; Crypto crash; Is this time different? Cash in hand; Putin review.
Graham Hand | 26 May 2022