Even in retirement it might pay to take risks
Because not all retirees are the same, one person's retirement portfolio may need more in the way of growth assets than someone else's.
The black magic of negative rates
In pushing official rates further below zero, Europe's central bankers may be doing a deal with the devil.
10 big investment ideas for 2016
It's time to fire-up the inter-neuronal connections again and carve-out 10 big ideas for 2016.
Benefits to be had in both bank shares and hybrids
This year has shown Australian banks can disappoint. Should investors favour their hybrid issues over equities?
The blue chips of tomorrow
When the most treasured and – to date – most reliably performing stocks in your portfolio are heading for a rut, it's time to start looking to tomorrow's blue-chip leaders.
One portfolio, nine ETFs, 7898 stocks
Portfolio optimisers will 'reach down into the masses' and grow the advice market, says the founder of Ignition Wealth.
Why you absolutely need to invest overseas
If you've got 90 per cent of your assets in Australia, say asset managers, you're in the wrong place.
A model portfolio that banks on the present
Most model portfolios attempt to avoid shocks by guessing what lies ahead. This one takes its cues from the here and now.
Active strategies can calm the investment outlook
All things in moderation, the saying goes. Unless you're the architect of a model investment portfolio for those who populate the "moderate" pigeonhole.
Proof an equal weight portfolio cuts risk, if you can handle the maths
Here’s the mathematical evidence that an equal weigh portfolio will minimise risk … if you start with a few big assumptions.
The super strategy failing 90pc of savers
Here's a bit of bad news. A balanced growth super fund only works about 65 per cent of the time. The rest of the time, diversification gets ...
