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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 what investors can learn from Salim Ramji, the man now responsible for around $16 trillion in assets at Vanguard. Read it here.

Warren Buffett is one of the most successful investors of all time and almost certainly the most famous. Shani looked at some of our best articles on replicating his approach to investing.

Australian investors are increasingly looking further afield for opportunities. Exchange traded funds can offer a simple way to add diversified exposure to global stocks, but there are pros and cons to using them. Shani explored them here.

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Joseph Taylor is an Associate Investment Specialist, Morningstar Australia.

Joseph’s Bookworm column is released every Tuesday. This week, Joseph looked at a simple three-step method for tackling life’s big financial decisions and the trade-offs they involve. From choosing whether to rent or buy, to taking or turning down a job offer. See how you can use it to make more confident choices here.

A big part of investing in the style of Warren Buffett is seeing stocks as ownership interests in real businesses, rather than a bunch of tickers. Joseph showed how asking simple questions about the business can give you a far greater understanding of a company’s investment merits. Learn more here.

If you have a question about any of the stocks or industries in our Australian coverage, please email it to [email protected]. Select questions will be put to the analyst covering the stock and may be published in a future Ask the analyst article.

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Simonelle Mody is an Associate Investment Specialist, Morningstar Australia.

Sim’s Young & Invested column is published every Thursday. This time, Sim weighed up the positives and potential trade-offs of taking super seriously from an early age. Read it here.

Sim also explored how Australians fared on a simple five-question test of financial literacy and what it says about education in our country.

Read more of Simonelle’s articles.

Mark LaMonica, CFA is Director of Personal Finance, Morningstar Australia.

Mark’s column Unconventional wisdom is published every Monday. This week, Mark looked at the trade-offs that come with his preferred strategy of investing for income.

On the topic of trade-offs, Mark also looked at how an investor might way up different factors as they shift into retirement mode.

Mark also looked back and showed why high growth in a certain asset class or industry often ends up in poor outcomes for investors. See why here.

Read more of Mark’s articles here.

More content from Morningstar this week

Esther Holloway introduced a new, moated technology stock to our ASX coverage. Learn more about it here.

James Gruber explored how cognitive decline can impact a person’s financial health too.

This week on Investing Compass

Mark and Shani explore how investors might build a diversified portfolio with just 3 ETFs in 2025.

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