Inflation remains one of the more important investment inputs investors need to get their heads around. It truly influences what you should own if you’re aiming to outperform.
You may have read that Elon Musk believes money will be worthless within ten years. Speaking recently to The Economist at Tesla’s Texas Gigafactory, the richest man in history argued that robots and AI will soon produce more than humans can possibly consume, rendering money irrelevant.
A large and expanding portion of investors know their portfolio value to the dollar on any given day, yet they can’t tell you what their asset allocation is.
You may have read that Elon Musk believes money will be worthless within ten years. Speaking recently to The Economist at Tesla’s Texas Gigafactory, the richest man in history argued that robots and AI will soon produce more than humans can possibly consume, rendering money irrelevant.
A large and expanding portion of investors know their portfolio value to the dollar on any given day, yet they can’t tell you what their asset allocation is.
Trading in an instant, a tap on a screen. One of the biggest appeals of using an ETF is the idea of its liquidity. But is your ETF as liquid as you think?
Many Australian investors continue to focus on income-generating investments. However, with ongoing market volatility, it’s worth thinking carefully about how income-generating investments are allocated within a portfolio.
Older Australians, like their counterparts in most developed markets, are travelling more often, staying longer and spending more when they arrive. It’s one of the more visible investment themes in the world today.
Choosing active means you have the goal of outperforming the market in some form. Perhaps it is about achieving higher income. Perhaps higher overall growth. Or it might be about lower volatility to ensure stability of returns. All this typically comes at a higher cost, but are you getting what you are paying for or have you invested in an index-hugger with a good marketing package?
A US study has found that almost two thirds of young men who trade daily describe themselves as failures, a rate nearly identical to that of daily gamblers.
Fixed income is often described as the defensive part of an investment portfolio. For many investors, it is expected to provide regular income, reduce reliance on share market returns and help smooth the overall investment journey. That description is broadly right. But it can also create an unrealistic expectation that fixed income investing is simple, safe and always stable.
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.