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Firstlinks | Connecting Investors with Ideas
4d ago
Microsoft, Alphabet, and Meta will spend more on capital expenditure this year than Australia's entire private sector. It raises questions about whether the ASX's dividend fetish may be good for shareholders but bad for the economy ..read more
Firstlinks | Connecting Investors with Ideas
4d ago
Growth investors are using Buffett to justify buying blue chip stocks at almost any price. It's a recipe for potential disaster, as investors in market darlings like CBA and Cochlear may be about to find out ..read more
Firstlinks | Connecting Investors with Ideas
4d ago
With Australia's population moving through the fastest rate of growth since the 1950's, our cities and towns are naturally densifying. This is a look at the latest trends and how they will impact the property market ..read more
Firstlinks | Connecting Investors with Ideas
4d ago
We're nearing the end of the financial year and it's time for SMSFs and other super funds to make the most of the strategies available to them. Here's a 24-point checklist of the most important issues to address ..read more
Firstlinks | Connecting Investors with Ideas
4d ago
Despite being richer, surveyed measures of happiness have been flat to falling in Australia. Some suggest we should focus less on GDP and more on broader measures of wellbeing, and here are the pros and cons of that approach ..read more
Firstlinks | Connecting Investors with Ideas
4d ago
In an era where growth companies dominate and the likes of Nvidia grab all of the attention, dividend paying stocks are flying under the radar. Some of these stocks offer compelling prospective returns ..read more
Firstlinks | Connecting Investors with Ideas
1w ago
First Sentier's decision to hand $14 billion back to investors is a further sign of fund managers grappling with the exponential rise of ETFs. Yet it comes as the ETF industry may be sowing the seeds for its own future downturn ..read more
Firstlinks | Connecting Investors with Ideas
1w ago
How useful are the retirement savings and spending targets put out by various groups such as ASFA? Not very, and it's reducing the ability of ordinary retirees to fully understand their retirement income options ..read more
Firstlinks | Connecting Investors with Ideas
1w ago
The US market has pummelled Australia's over the past 16 years and for good reason: it has some incredible businesses. Australia does too, but if you want to enjoy US-type returns, you need to know where to look ..read more
Firstlinks | Connecting Investors with Ideas
1w ago
As long as the banks have no desire to pay up for term deposit funding - which looks likely for a while yet - investors will continue to pay a premium for the higher yielding, but riskier hybrid instrument ..read more