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Investing
How to lose money: One part lithium and one part envy
Just like nickel in the 1970s, graphene in 2015 and lithium today, there’ll be another Next Big Thing right around the corner.
- by Scott Phillips
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Opinion
Banking products
'Real' returns for savers heading close to negative
The situation facing people who rely on interest income is increasingly bleak: returns are worryingly close to negative in "real" or inflation-adjusted terms.
- by Clancy Yeates
Shares Race
Eclipx helps Battersby to lead in week one of new race
Most racers struggle to make headway in week one
- by John Collett
Investing
Beware of the dangers of running with the herd
Companies trading at valuation multiples as high as 100 times earnings, or 20 times sales revenue because there are no earnings, is unsustainable
- by Catherine Robson
Shares
How to play the stock market to benefit from a lower dollar
The Reserve Bank of Australia has finally moved to push interest rates lower. Here’s how you can profit by investing in equities
- by Scott Phillips
Bonds
Generating fixed income in today’s low-interest world
With interest rates at historic lows, there are ways for investors to diversify their income sources and generate improved yield.
- by Vivek Bommi
Opinion
Property investment
Calling a bottom to residential property's slide
Here are seven reasons why the residential property market can rebound over the next year.
- by Marcus Padley
Opinion
Property prices
Interest rate cut is actually a recipe for housing nightmare
This latest cut could put the nation on a slippery slope.
- by Noel Whittaker
Shares
Case for buying the banks is gathering momentum
If the sector simply stands still over the next year, you have the prospect of a higher return than bonds and hybrids from a part of the market that is relatively low risk.
- by Marcus Padley
Analysis
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
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