G8 Education vs Affinity - and the winner is...
Two providers of childcare services have plenty of promise but one goes straight to the top of the class.
My one investment rule: Adam Goodes
Australian of the year and footy legend Adam Goodes has rolled from his AFL scheme into an SMSF and isn’t looking back.
Why equities will keep rising
Investors could be waiting the best part of a decade for share prices to better reflect underlying value.
Go global despite low $A
The Aussie is still trading at levels which are relatively high compared with various points in history.
Xero’s Aussie tech lessons
Don’t be fooled into thinking this is not a highly risky proposition.
Surviving rental property disasters
Concern about damage and lost rent have resulted in investors taking out landlord protection and house and contents insurance.
Hoey’s latest high conviction buy
With Wesfarmers and Woolies appearing overvalued, this stock is an ideal option for non-discretionary consumer spending exposure.
Australian Equity Indices
| Points | Change | % Change | Value | Volume |
| S&P;/ASX 200 | 5,928.8 | + 20.3 | + 0.34% | $ 8,363,619,577.0 | 1,105,603,861.0 |
| ALL ORDINARIES | 5,898.5 | + 20.6 | + 0.35% | $ 8,523,250,793.0 | 1,336,518,050.0 |
| S&P;/ASX 100 | 4,945.7 | + 16.3 | + 0.33% | $ 7,535,555,964.0 | 709,947,400.0 |
| SMALL ORDS | 2,231.5 | + 9.6 | + 0.43% | $ 928,178,718.0 | 495,331,427.0 |
This is the only way to beat the RBA
If you want returns greater than your cost of living you have no choice but to enjoy this party for as long as it lasts.
Six tips for valuing property
Agents stress it’s crucial to directly compare like with like within neighbourhoods.
Stocks leveraged to US bonds
When the bond market experiences volatility, some stocks make money hand over fist.
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Currencies
| AUD | USD | EUR | JPY | GBP | |
| AUD |  |
0.78 | 0.6977 | 93.2 | 0.5065 |
| USD | 1.2816 |  |
0.8946 | 119.47 | 0.6494 |
| EUR | 1.4324 | 1.1178 |  |
133.52 | 0.7258 |
| JPY | 0.0107 | 0.0084 | 0.0075 |  |
0.0054 |
| GBP | 1.9725 | 1.5395 | 1.3771 | 183.91 |  |
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Shares
Behind Qantas’s turnaround
There were five key factors behind the airline’s quick turnaround.
Banks in ‘bigger bubble’
Yield hunters are sending banks into dangerous territory.
Saints & sinners earnings wrap
Cost-cutting and capital management have emerged as the two big themes from 2015’s first earnings season.
Property
Surviving rental property disasters
Concern about damage and lost rent have resulted in investors taking out landlord protection and house and contents insurance.
Six tips for valuing property
Agents stress it’s crucial to directly compare like with like within neighbourhoods.
Pay less for your property
Analysis shows median prices of suburbs next door to the nation’s most expensive neighbourhoods are often much cheaper.
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Fixed Income
New-breed hybrids conquer cash rate
The latest hybrid security offering from ANZ Bank is perfectly timed.
NAB’s latest hybrid issue
The $750 million raising follows an $850 million issue by ANZ Banking Group, completed this month.
Five fixed interest myths
Following the RBA’s decision to cut the cash rate again, it’s time to dispel some common myths about fixed interest investments.
Specialist Investments
New LIC in the offing
Former Equity Trustees chief investment officer is behind the next listed investment company to hit the ASX.
A long hard look at ANZ’s latest hybrid
When it’s a big four bank, retail investors are generally better off buying the underlying shares, rather than the hybrid notes.
Bank hybrid risk overlooked
Bank hybrids are being swept up along with all instruments linked to the cash rate.
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Market Intelligence
Saints & sinners: results wrap
Cost-cutting and capital management have emerged as the two big themes from 2015’s first earnings season.
Bet on China’s tech rise
Altium pulls more than 90 per cent of its revenue from outside Australia and offers software that helps engineers design printed circuit boards.
Go global despite low $A
The Aussie is still trading at levels which are relatively high compared with various points in history.
Superannuation
Focus will return to super
The government’s lack of clarity about the ultimate objective of superannuation was leading to ad hoc short-term policymaking
RBA pushes SMSFs to equities
SMSFs have to put $11 billion of their cash to work in the sharemarket to make up for RBA cut.
DIY debt ban push back
Super industry group warns that banning funds from borrowing to invest in shares and property is a step to far.
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New Investor
G8 Education vs Affinity - and the winner is...
Two providers of childcare services have plenty of promise but one goes straight to the top of the class.
My one investment rule: Adam Goodes
Australian of the year and footy legend Adam Goodes has rolled from his AFL scheme into an SMSF and isn’t looking back.
This is the only way to beat the RBA
If you want returns greater than your cost of living you have no choice but to enjoy this party for as long as it lasts.