Demand for Asian art is largely driven by the Chinese economy, which dipped in 2015 but appears to be up again this year.

The government was mocked for spending $1.3 million on Blue Poles in 1973. It's now worth $350 million. Was it a good investment?

Contracts for differences let you short companies, but it adds short-term stress to investment decisions.

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Money reader Mendy Amzalak is doing it again. He has picked two highly speculative stocks that are coming up trumps.

Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon has a new column helping fight financial injustice.

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It's time to tune into the US election. You may not get a vote, but you can prepare - financially at least.

Amuse yourself somewhere warm while you watch and wait for things to get better.

Markets behave illogically about interest-rate moves and expect central bankers to signal their every move.

Analysts don't get it. Now that the mining boom is over, the two big miners are much more profitable than they look.

One Money reader has taken a seemingly unassailable lead in week two.

We all get lucky investing from time to time. Here's how to know whether your results are from skill or luck.

One of the biggest challenges for investors is engaging our rational brains and banishing our emotions.

The surprise winner of the last Shares Race has set a formidable lead in the first week of a fresh contest.

No matter how far your portfolio has fallen in the past, you've never had a day like Warren Buffett just had.

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The launch of a new super product with a technology focus targeted at millennials has attracted attention, but caution is warranted.

The idea that there is a 'big end of town' that trades in and out of companies before you and I have a chance is a myth.

Software billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes is leading a who's who of the Australian technology industry in backing a new superannuation product with a technology focus aimed at millennials.

Petar Sabados wants to buy an investment property; but he needs to save the deposit.

Riding the market is no longer enough, the only way to make money is to pick the right stocks and know when to sell them.

Financial expert George Cochrane answers readers' questions.

True success or failure should really be measured only after a chief executive has been in the chair for five years or more - preferably 10.

It is week three of the shares race and the AFR's Phil Baker has hit a purple patch.

Results matter less - in the short term - than you might think.

Seven investment ideas that will lift you out of the low-growth world.

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Company profit season has delivered some spectacular hits and misses, with the gap between first and last place blowing out.

Evolution teaches us that action beats inaction – and it's usually true, but not when it comes to investment.

A branch of stamp collecting known as "aerophilately" focuses on air mail letters, often the only surviving records of aviation milestones.

We're all getting older, we all get sick, and the continuous improvements in technology mean medicos are finding more – and more expensive – ways to patch us up and keep us going.

As earnings season takes over the business pages, here's a few pointers for investors to consider.