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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

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Attention shifting from inflation to the growth outlook

Over the past few years, the inflation outlook has been the key investor debate. Will it slow? If so, will it reach central banks’ target rates of around 2%? And if not, how much interest rate pain must households, businesses and governments swallow?

Expert Perspectives

26 July 2024

· Arvid Streimann

· 6 MIN READ

Avoid these 6 mistakes to fast-track your financial freedom

As so many investors learn the hard way: markets often take the stairs up and the elevator down. It’s the same with the value of portfolios that were created to fund a certain level of retirement: a few missteps can quickly erode decades of saving and hard work.

Investor Education Asset Allocation

25 July 2024

· Simon Turner

· 7 MIN READ

The Dalio dilemma

Learning from successful professional fund managers is often a shortcut to better investment results. It’s equally informative when there’s a noteworthy shift that brings a previously successful investment strategy into question. Enter the Dalio dilemma.

Managed Fund Asset Allocation Alternative Investment Investment Themes

18 July 2024

· Simon Turner

· 6 MIN READ

Time to be overweight Japan

For many years since its 1989 peak the Japanese stock market underperformed its developed world counterparts, and most global investors’ Japanese allocations trended lower. But that was then and this is now. The Japanese market recently broke through its 1989 peak propelled by improved governance, yen weakness, and better capital management.

Managed Fund Shares Investment Themes

16 July 2024

· Simon Turner

· 5 MIN READ

Time to concentrate on over-concentration

Index concentration is increasingly becoming a concern for investors worldwide. Consider the S&P 500 Index, the most popular benchmark for US stocks. Over the past decade, the top 10 companies' share of the index's market value has surged from 14% to 33%. This means investing in the S&P 500 largely hinges on the performance of these top 10 companies, the majority of which are tech giants.

Investor Education Shares Asset Allocation Managed Fund

12 July 2024

· Ankita Rai

· 6 MIN READ

Don’t buy your cows in the moonlight

Daniel Drew once advised, ‘Anyone who plays the stock market not as an insider is like a man buying cows in the moonlight.’ Maybe you weren’t in the market for a cow but you get the picture.

Investor Education Shares

9 July 2024

· Simon Turner

· 5 MIN READ

How to become a residential property mogul

If you’re the owner of one investment property, you’re the esteemed member of a 2.2 million club of wealth builders. Whilst owning one investment property is a great achievement, you may not be as well positioned as you think you are to generate the type of wealth most investors are aiming for in retirement care of their property portfolios.

Property Investor Education

4 July 2024

· Simon Turner

· 8 MIN READ

Three words that could change the rules of the investing game

Global markets have long been fixated on what’s coming next from the world’s central bankers, particularly the Fed. But some investors may be unaware of a central bank strategy would could change the rules of the investing game if the Fed were to use it.

Macro Investor Education

3 July 2024

· Simon Turner

· 8 MIN READ

Why there’s buzz about the arrival of bitcoin ETFs

Bitcoin is now much easier to own for Aussie investors thanks to the ASX listing of the first such ETF last week. The move follows the lead of the US market, which opened the door to bitcoin ETFs in January this year. Investors have since poured billions of dollars into cryptocurrency ETFs, with US bitcoin ETFs collectively amassing over $57 billion of inflows within three months of launch, including offerings from BlackRock, Fidelity Investments, and VanEck.

Investor Education Investment Themes Cryptocurrency & Blockchain

26 June 2024

· Ankita Rai

· 6 MIN READ

What happens if the Fed cuts rates?

It’s been a wild ride in recent months for Fed rate expectations. Back in January this year, a buoyant US market expected seven Fed rate cuts by the end of 2024. By March, the market had sobered up a little and expectations had fallen to three rate cuts for the year. But now markets are only expecting one Fed rate cut in 2024. Interestingly, despite pricing out a full six rate cuts since the start of the year, the S&P 500 is up 15% year to date.

Macro Investor Education

26 June 2024

· Simon Turner

· 6 MIN READ

Will these losing investment themes keep losing?

With inflation and interest rates remaining higher for longer, the implications for which investment themes have been outperforming and underperforming in recent months has been profound.

Investment Themes Shares Managed Fund

20 June 2024

· Simon Turner

· 7 MIN READ

Will these winning investment themes keep winning?

With inflation and interest rates remaining higher for longer, the implications for which investment themes have been outperforming and underperforming in recent months has been profound.

Investment Themes Shares Managed Fund

18 June 2024

· Simon Turner

· 6 MIN READ

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