Tariffs, inflation and lost decades: This week’s best investing insights
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Shani Jayamanne is a Director, Investment Specialist at Morningstar Australia.
Shani’s Future Focus column is published every Wednesday. This week, Shani looked at the biggest detractor of wealth for long-term investors: inflation. In the first of a two-part series, she showed two reasons why Aussies are feeling the cost-of-living crunch and how investing can help. Shani also showed how to work out your personal inflation hurdle rate and what returns you need to maintain the purchasing power of your money. Read it here.
Very few people, if any, go through life without making some kind of financial mistake. Shani suggested some of our best articles on learning from mistakes as an investor, many of which were inspired by the writer’s own painful experiences. Read it here.
Shani’s Chart of the week looked at whether Australian equity markets look attractive yet after the recent correction.
Joseph Taylor is an Associate Investment Specialist, Morningstar Australia.
Joseph’s Bookworm column is released on Tuesdays. This week, Joseph highlighted an interesting change in investing mindset promoted by Jeff Bezos.
A company’s moat can get stronger, weaken or die over time. This is why our analysts regularly re-visit their assessment of each company’s competitive advantages. Joseph shared some interesting findings from a Morningstar report on Moat Rating changes made during 2024.
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Simonelle Mody is an Associate Investment Specialist, Morningstar Australia.
Sim’s Young & Invested column is published every Thursday. This week, Sim explored the speculative fever that seems to have overcome investors in certain stocks in recent years. Are get rich quick plays ever a good idea? Read it here.
Sim also reflected on a month that included her 26th birthday and some of her favourite articles yet. See what Sim wrote about in March here.
Mark LaMonica, CFA is Director of Personal Finance, Morningstar Australia.
Mark’s column Unconventional wisdom is published every Monday. This week, Mark gave his two cents on a common concern these days: the prospect that equity markets could be in for a “lost decade”. Read Mark’s thoughts here.
Australia’s retirement savings system is the envy of many countries. But while Mark sees a lot to admire, he isn’t so keen on some of the fees charged by funds. In this article, he asked if investors are being ripped off by super.
Mark also gave an end of March update on how his previously shared picks for income investors have fared since.
More content from Morningstar this week
Preston Caldwell shared some thoughts on why US tariffs could hurt the country’s economy without chipping away at its trade deficit.
James Gruber listed ten ways to hang on to your sharpness and vitality as you age.
This week on Investing Compass
Mark and Shani discussed goals that an investor might target if buying a house in Australia is out of reach.
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