Are you buying a dip or a downward spiral?
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There's money to be made buying when share prices fall as long as the stock eventually rebounds. Here's how to tell if you're buying a dip or trying to catch a falling knife.
There's money to be made buying when share prices fall as long as the stock eventually rebounds. Here's how to tell if you're buying a dip or trying to catch a falling knife.
In times of economic uncertainty fabled investors such as Warren Buffett have always put great store in backing shareholder-focused management teams. Here's how to do it.
The upswing in copper and iron ore prices signals it's not too late to buy resource stocks and that demand is stronger than the market narrative suggests.
Here's why Fat Prophets believes spirits giant Diageo is worth backing.
The Chinese middle class is forecast to double from about 300 million to 600 million people in the next five years. Australian investors who base the majority of their investments domestically are ignoring this.
Everything you've been told about market efficiency is wrong, says Stephen Woods, the fund manager behind the No.1 Australian shares strategy last year.
Management decisions on what to do with excess cash flow is a much better indication of potential growth.
How a 500-pound institutional gorilla helped retail investors lock in a 6 per cent yield, writes Christopher Joye.
While there are still significant risks with Brexit, Fat Prophets believes the British banking giant's 'simpler' strategy is paying off.
Given the relatively nimble nature of small to mid-cap companies, they're particularly exposed to the positive or negative influence of decision-making by the executive team.
While India is not alone within emerging markets as a US dollar hedge against foreseeable global volatility, it is unique in how it trades internationally and how its sharemarket appreciates domestically.
It's important to have an investment strategy that deals with events like the royal commission and possible changes to dividend imputation rules, writes John Wasiliev who answers your questions on superannuation.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's shares have been laggards over the past year but appear to have stabilised, with much of the current down-cycle already priced in.
The bottom line of Labor's franking plan will be a lower rate of return, which has investors scrambling for alternatives.
If Scott Morrison pulls off a miracle and wins the May election, housing conditions should stabilise as investors pile back into the market to pick up cheap assets, writes Christopher Joye.
A military conflict would sizeably punish international markets and global investors.
Despite the apparent contradictions, there is logic to the current market action. Two factors in combination can not only explain the effect, but could also help investors make better decisions.
When volatility strikes, the aim is to hold a portfolio of investments that proves resilient. The challenge is to build that portfolio at a reasonable price.
There are simpler strategies for self-managed superannuation funds than trying to sell at a high and buy back in cheap.
You can set things up for loved ones after you die, but make sure you've got enough in the meantime, writes John Wasiliev, who finds answers for your superannuation questions.
Sarah Shaw, global portfolio manager at 4D Infrastructure, outlines how infrastructure assets play to both solid and more challenged macro environments.
Amid intense scrutiny, Hamish Douglass and Magellan delivered a near double digit returns in a year when most of his rivals lost money. Here's how they did it.
After the equity sell off in the final quarter of 2018, valuations might tempt some.
The debate over whether Australians should be able to use the Future Fund to manage their super could wedge Labor and open it up for broader attacks on its clunky tax policies during the election, writes Christopher Joye.
The almost unheard of Panther Trust shocked the funds management industry by topping the Mercer survey of Australian long-only managers for 2018.
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