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Home loans
Housing closer to the bottom, but the boom's not back
A three-pronged boost to the mortgage market over the last 10 days has sparked predictions the housing downturn in Sydney and Melbourne could reach its low point later this year.
- by Clancy Yeates
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Investment tax
Investor Geoff Wilson says franking credits, Bob Brown cost Labor the election
“You might have thought we were a bit extreme 6 months ago when we had the placards," Geoff Wilson told his Sydney investors on Thursday of the moment his battle against Labor's franking credits policy went high profile.
- by Colin Kruger
Shares
Chips and seagulls: the truth behind broker ratings
Investment research is not aimed at you. Your bag of chips is a bit too small for the big seagulls to care about
- by Marcus Padley
Shares Race
Tech stocks do best as race heads into final week
With Angie Ellis of 80 20 Investments well ahead, it will be a battle for the minor placings in the final week of the six week shares race
- by John Collett
Analysis
Dividends
Soft results show bank dividends aren't bulletproof
Investors have been given a few reasons to think more carefully about "set and forget" investments in the big four banks' shares.
- by Clancy Yeates
Shares Race
Racers face headwinds as market gains reverse
The portfolio values of our racers were trimmed this week as the sharemarket fell on concerns that the US-China trade row would not be resolved
- by John Collett
Sharemarket
Investing in microcaps – not for the faint-hearted
In the microcap end of the sharemarket, some stocks can soar - but there are plenty that go to zero.
- by Neil Carter
Property market
Australians exposed as property obsessed
Australians spend twice as much time obsessing over the property market than they do at the gym.
- by Nina Hendy
Shares Race
Kidman pays off for mining reporter Darren Gray
Mining reporter strikes gold with Wesfarmers takeover bid for Kidman Resources
- by John Collett
Superannuation
'I don't care what the share price is when I'm dead'
There is a large chunk of retiree investors that don’t care about the capital value of the shares they hold because they are focused on living off the income and the franking credits.
- by Marcus Padley
Shares
How to play the infrastructure boom
There’s a range of infrastructure assets from which it’s possible to draw a relatively regular income stream, with the chance of a little growth on top.
- by Scott Phillips