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Decoding stock picks from experts
Personal Finance
Decoding stock picks from experts
The media is filled with picks from financial professionals. Here is how to use them to help you achieve your investment goals.   
Mark LaMonica, CFA | 14 July 2024
Are average returns enough to achieve your goals?
Funds
Are average returns enough to achieve your goals?
Following rock star fund managers and trying to emulate their success is likely to end badly for most investors. It’s better to shoot for above...
James Gruber | 26 June 2024
What are share market returns over the long-term?
Personal Finance
What are share market returns over the long-term?
The headline return is never what investors get. We look at the components that make up a total return.
Shani Jayamanne | 03 June 2024
How inflation impacts different types of investments
Markets
How inflation impacts different types of investments
A comprehensive study of the impact of inflation on returns from different assets over the past 120 years. 
Ashley Owen | 01 May 2024
How to earn 1.7% more a year than the average investor
Personal Finance
How to earn 1.7% more a year than the average investor
Changing your investment approach can make a significant difference in returns over the long-term. 
Mark LaMonica, CFA | 30 April 2024
Only 2.4% of companies deliver all net shareholder wealth
Stocks
Only 2.4% of companies deliver all net shareholder wealth
Over decades, relatively few companies generate all the stockmarket's outperformance. Is this an argument for passive investing or does it prove...
Graham Hand | 23 April 2024
30-year chart is pointer to retirement outcomes
Retirement
30-year chart is pointer to retirement outcomes
A healthy couple entering retirement can expect at least one of them to live for 30 more years. What do the 30-year asset performance charts say...
Graham Hand | 04 April 2024
An ultracheap stock to buy with the best returns on investment
Stocks
An ultracheap stock to buy with the best returns on investment
A narrow moat stock with a high ROIC that’s undervalued.
Shani Jayamanne | 18 March 2024
What return are you actually getting from shares?
Personal Finance
What return are you actually getting from shares?
We break down each of the components of a total return to understand what you get at the end of your investment.
Shani Jayamanne | 12 February 2024
Breaking down 2023 returns for the ASX
Markets
Breaking down 2023 returns for the ASX
Despite worries about interest rates, inflation, recession and war, the Australian share market performed well in 2023. But how does last year...
Ashley Owen | 24 January 2024