Central banks can’t buy gold fast enough, while gold miners are recovering after a dramatic selloff and Bitcoin, the asset previously regarded as digital gold, is having a miserable year.
Central banks can’t buy gold fast enough, while gold miners are recovering after a dramatic selloff and Bitcoin, the asset previously regarded as digital gold, is having a miserable year.
Since the 50% capital gains tax (CGT) discount was introduced in Australia in 1999, many investors have followed a relatively consistent wealth-building playbook: purchase residential property, absorb short-term cash flow losses via negative gearing, and rely on long-term capital growth supported by favourable tax treatment.
It’s almost a certainty that you have invested in a multi-asset portfolio or fund at some point in time. Most of us will spend our whole lives in one – your superannuation is run as a multi-asset portfolio after all. But when it comes to investing outside of super, many investors can also find plenty to like about these options as a wealth solution.
The global space industry is moving from episodic innovation to commercial scale. Falling launch costs, improving rocket reusability, and rising demand for satellite-enabled connectivity and data are changing the economics of space. Once a prestige domain defined by government-led missions, space is now an infrastructure layer for modern communications, geospatial intelligence, defence systems, and emerging compute applications.
Sustainable investing has been through plenty of challenges of late. After a string of political and social backlashes, the return of a US president who appears to be opposed to creating a more sustainable future, a rise in greenwashing cases and a challenging period of relative performance, sustainable investing has become more demanding and, arguably, more useful.
Australia’s GDP rose 0.3% in the March quarter and 2.5% over the year. While that’s not recessionary, it’s hardly exuberant and was once again negative in per capita terms. The main headwinds are subdued household and government consumption, while adverse weather hampered mining production and exports. On a more positive note, there’s been a lift in business investment linked to data centre machinery and equipment.
The Federal Reserve has a new chairman in position. Kevin Warsh recently chaired his first meeting and the message was clear: global markets need to get used to less hand-holding looking forward.
Retiring soon and wondering how to structure your investments? There are a range of strategies you can follow, from maintaining your existing approach to shifting into a new strategy. One approach investors use is known as the 3-bucket strategy.
The SpaceX IPO may go down as one of the defining market events of the decade. Not simply because of its size, or its role in catapulting Elon Musk into the world’s first trillionaire. And not even because it’s trading at a somewhat shocking 2026 EV/EBITDA ratio of 222x.
For decades, the “60/40 portfolio” felt like the smart, set-and-forget way to invest: 60% in shares for growth and 40% in bonds for stability. When shares wobbled, bonds usually rose. Simple. Reliable. It worked through bull markets, mild recessions and falling interest rates.
Underperformance by an actively managed fund in your portfolio is uncomfortable, but it’s not always a sell signal.
Because context matters. Whether a fund is temporarily out of favour, structurally flawed, too expensive, or no longer fit for your portfolio should change your response to underperformance.
ETFs have grown in popularity in the last decade, and beginner investors are often encouraged to consider them. But beginner doesn’t mean foolproof and even investments like ETFs can go wrong when investors don’t know what they are really buying and how best to use them. It’s also worth noting that beginner doesn’t mean that ETFs can’t be part of more sophisticated strategies either.