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Rising interest rates, falling house prices and persistent inflation may have left many Australians feeling pessimistic about the Australian economy, but not AMP Deputy Chief Economist Diana Mousina.

Sara Allen

5 Nov 2026

China’s Record Slump: Opportunity or Value Trap?

China’s blue-chip CSI 300 index recently suffered its longest losing streak since the index was created in 2005, falling for 11 consecutive weeks.

Investor Education Managed Fund ETF Equities

4 Nov 2026

· Simon Turner

· 9 MIN READ

Agentic AI Adoption & the Case for Samsung Electronics

Most people’s experience of artificial intelligence has been the chatbot: ask a question, get an answer. That use is still growing. What is changing—and what matters for Contrarius’ Funds—is the next layer of demand.

Technology Equities Managed Fund

2 Nov 2026

· Chris Watson & Simon Raubenheimer

· 10 MIN READ

We Ran the Efficient Frontier to Find the Ultimate 5-ETF Portfolios

It’s one thing committing to your investment plan and regularly investing to ensure your portfolio compounds into the wealth you’re aiming for.

ETF Investor Education

2 Nov 2026

· Simon Turner

· 9 MIN READ

China’s Record Slump: Opportunity or Value Trap?

China’s blue-chip CSI 300 index recently suffered its longest losing streak since the index was created in 2005, falling for 11 consecutive weeks.

Investor Education Managed Fund ETF Equities

4 Nov 2026

· Simon Turner

· 9 MIN READ

Agentic AI Adoption & the Case for Samsung Electronics

Technology Equities Managed Fund

2 Nov 2026

· Chris Watson & Simon Raubenheimer

· 10 MIN READ

We Ran the Efficient Frontier to Find the Ultimate 5-ETF Portfolios

It’s one thing committing to your investment plan and regularly investing to ensure your portfolio compounds into the wealth you’re aiming for.

ETF Investor Education

2 Nov 2026

· Simon Turner

· 9 MIN READ

Explore 100's of investment opportunities and find your next hidden gem!

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Protect your Wealth from the Greedy Hands of Inflation

In most developed markets, including Australia, higher interest rates have tempered inflation but it’s proving stickier than most central bankers expected. In short, the journey to tame inflation is taking longer than expected and remains far from won.

Property Asset Allocation

2 Apr 2025

· Simon Turner

· 6 MIN READ

Sports Investing: A Rising Global Opportunity

The world of professional sports is undergoing a seismic shift, presenting unprecedented opportunities for investors. Previously the exclusive domain of billionaires, sports franchises have emerged as a unique and rapidly growing asset class, driven by robust business models, increasing media rights valuations, and the global appeal of sports as entertainment.

Entertainment, Sports & Gaming Private Assets

31 Mar 2025

· Sara Perl

· 6 MIN READ

A Shortcut to Make More Money While You Sleep

Most investors’ picture of financial independence involves streams of money flowing their way without any effort on their parts. It’s this lack of effort, this ability to make money while we sleep, that allows us to do all the things we’ve always dreamt of—like travelling or sipping cocktails at the beach.

Managed Fund ETF Investor Education

31 Mar 2025

· Simon Turner

· 7 MIN READ

Super Trends Every Investor Should Watch

For most Australians, superannuation is their most important financial asset after the family home—and the primary vehicle for funding their retirement.

Superannuation Accounts Investor Education

27 Mar 2025

· Ankita Rai

· 6 MIN READ

Time to Diversify: Multi-Asset Investing is Ready to Shine

The concept of diversification has long been foundational to most investment strategies. However, the rise of the Magnificent 7 in recent years seemed to disprove its benefits to large swathes of the global investment community. As a result, millions of investors have been ‘all-in’ on the same trade. That was then and this is now. The world has changed in profound ways since Trump’s inauguration, and markets have been reminded of the benefits of diversification. The stage is surely set for a resurgence in multi-asset investing…

Asset Allocation Investment Themes Managed Fund

26 Mar 2025

· Simon Turner

· 5 MIN READ

Alternatives No Longer Living Up to their Name

Alternative investments have done what alternative music did in the 90s: become so mainstream that their name doesn’t apply any more. They are no longer reserved for institutional investors and the wealthiest of the wealthy. Alternatives have become a staple component of most high net worth individuals’ portfolios, and are increasingly showing up in mass market portfolios. We investigate the sector’s growth drivers for a steer as to what’s coming…

Alternative Investment Private Assets Currency, Crypto and ICO

24 Mar 2025

· Simon Turner

· 5 MIN READ

Making sense of the banking sector

The banking sector enjoyed an extraordinary rally in 2024, with the Big Four Banks delivering an average TSR of 33%. As recently as February, Commonwealth Bank (CBA), for instance, enjoyed a price to earnings multiple of 26x- a 60% premium to its historical average. This raises an important question: are these valuations justified for a sector that has not grown its overall earnings per share over the last 10 years?

Investor Education

24 Mar 2025

· Jack McNally

· 7 MIN READ

The Hidden Biases holding your portfolio back

Investing is often seen as a game of numbers, charts, and cold, hard logic. Except, in practice, that’s not how it works for most investors. More often than not, investment decisions are driven by emotions, biases, and mental shortcuts. As Benjamin Graham puts it: ‘The investor’s chief problem—and even his worst enemy—is likely to be himself.’

Investor Education

20 Mar 2025

· Ankita Rai

· 6 MIN READ

The LIC/LIT Opportunity: Pay 80-90 cents for each Dollar of Assets

What if I told you of an investment sector in which you could pay 80-90 cents for each dollar worth of assets? Welcome to the current state of affairs in the Listed Investment Companies (LICs) and Listed Investment Trusts (LITs) sector. The question is: do these discounts represent an opportunity worth pursuing, or a risk worth avoiding?

Shares Investment Themes Investor Education

19 Mar 2025

· Simon Turner

· 5 MIN READ

End of Hybrids: A Time for Yield with Franking

At the beginning of this week, we saw APRA release its decision on the $43B Hybrids market. Hybrids have been an instrument used primarily by banks to increase Tier 1 Capital levels and were a combination of debt and equity, hence the name “hybrid”. In this week’s piece we are going to look at the bank hybrids market, a popular investment category that has grown to be worth $43 billion since first being offered to retail investors in 1998.

Shares Fixed Interest

18 Mar 2025

· Phil Cornet

· 4 MIN READ

Learning from the permabears without becoming a pessimist

Have you ever met a true permabear? It sometimes seems like this pessimistic breed of investors are preprogramed to celebrate all bad news and criticise all good news.

Macro Asset Allocation Commodities

18 Mar 2025

· Simon Turner

· 6 MIN READ

Why semiconductors are driving future innovation

Semiconductors are the essential components powering a vast array of electronic devices we use daily. Investment Analyst Adrian Lu explains how the semiconductor industry has experienced rapid growth and is set to continue expanding. Adrian highlights the industry’s robust outlook and discusses DeepSeek’s innovative entrance into the sector, which has made AI models cheaper and more efficient to build and run. He also provides insights on TSMC, a high-quality company that stands out as a key player in the sector due to its unique role in the semiconductor value chain.

Technology Managed Fund Investor Education

17 Mar 2025

· Adrian Lu

· 4 MIN READ

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