Investing 101

The pendulum may have swung back towards active management this year, but the domestic ETF market is flush with options and continues to steal FUM.

More rises are likely but analysts say a confluence of factors may cap the official rate at around 3.1 per cent in 2023, providing relief to Australian households.

Movie theatres have started showing signs of life as box office numbers both in the US and Australia hit a two year high, but Netflix and other streaming services have all the momentum.

Companies that win the advocacy of their clients have a remarkable ability to increase their own value according to research from the people who invented net promoter scores.

Three of the top four performing companies in the S&P/ASX 100 over the past year operate thermal coal mines, which points to remarkable structural imbalance in the market.

Global equity dividends have had a stellar run as company profits remained resilient, even through the pandemic. But with volatility peaking and economic activity set to slow, 2023 may mark a turning point.

From shorting banks to going long on software and putting cash on the throne, fund managers give their thoughts on near term opportunities with reporting season in the rear view mirror.

As interest rates creep north, advisers extoll the virtue of investing away from the family home and into a diversified suite of assets.

Positive flows negated an almost ten per cent drop in the ASX/S&P200 over H1 2022, with total funds increasing another $3.4 billion.

A global study has shown that the problems faced by the Big4 are universal; incumbent banks may have the data, products, infrastructure and capital, but it doesn’t guarantee customer primacy.

After an extended run as the hottest new thing, the recent decline of thematic ETFs serves as a reminder that their rightful place is outside the core element of portfolios.

As the bond sellout continues amid soaring rates, investors will increasingly rotate to gold as a capital preservation asset According to Rush Gold.