Authored by Global X ETFs Income generating assets are key building blocks in an SMSF. Whether you have decades, years or months left before you retire, it is important to consider how your portfolio is allocated to produce enough income and reach your investment goals. Thankfully, by using ETFs you can enhance your income potential…
March 20, 2023
Time to End Rate Hikes!
Written by Paul Miron, Managing Director, Msquared Capital It is time to say it – Enough is Enough! We do not need any more rate increases! The official RBA Cash Rate has increased for the 10th consecutive time – unprecedented in our modern economic history. We have now reached a stage where it is becoming unnerving…
March 7, 2023
How Renewable Energy Could Help Power Your Portfolio
Authored by Global X ETFs The fossil fuel heydays may be over sooner than we think as the world sets its sights on decarbonisation targets and renewable energy. Although coal prices jumped in 2022 due to the Russia-Ukraine war, there will be a structural decline in coal demand over the coming decade due to net-zero…
March 2, 2023
Government provides clarity on proposed cap on high super balances
Written by Fabian Bussoletti, Technical Manager, SMSF Association Following the Government’s release of the 2022-23 Tax Expenditures and Insights Statement, a media release issued by ministers Jim Chalmers and Stephen Jones on Tuesday heralded the pending arrival of the highly anticipated cap on high superannuation balances. While there are only limited details from which we…
February 21, 2023
Does investing in silver stack up
Content provided by The Perth Mint Gold tends to get all the glory when people look for an investment with a low correlation to traditional assets such as stocks and bonds. But many invest in silver as an inflation hedge and to help protect the overall value of their portfolio in times of economic turmoil. One…
February 21, 2023
Economic Outlook 2023
Written by Paul Miron, Managing Director, Msquared Capital As the dust settles from our post-Australia Day celebrations, we ease into the New Year refreshed and invigorated with our resolutions and plans in motion. We begin to reflect on and update our personal and financial goals for the year and ponder the new year challenges for all…
January 18, 2023
Gold, Growth and Greener ETFs: Three SMSF Trends for 2023
Authored by Global X ETFs What themes should you be incorporating into your SMSF in 2023? Global markets are abuzz speculating how the year will unfold, with analysts predicting everything from a global recession to an end-of-year equity rally. Diversification is key in times of volatility, so here are three investable ideas from gold being…
December 8, 2022
CFR report finds LRBAs working well
Content provided by Thinktank Written by Per Amundsen, Head of Research, Thinktank With little fanfare, the Council of Financial Regulators (CFR) recently handed down its report into “Leverage and Risk in the Superannuation System” – a form of credit almost exclusively used by self-managed super funds (SMSFs). It concluded “that borrowing by SMSFs through Limited…
December 5, 2022
Australian Persistence Scorecard – Can investment results be attributed to skill or luck?
Content provided by S&P Dow Jones Indices Genuine skill is more likely to persist, while luck is random and fleeting. Thus, one measure of skill is the consistency of a fund’s performance relative to its peers. The Persistence Scorecard measures that consistency and shows that, regardless of asset class or style focus, active management outperformance…
November 28, 2022
Lessons learnt from crypto winters past
With every crypto winter comes crypto spring; you just have to hibernate and stay safe until then… If you’ve invested in crypto for the first time over the past two years, it’s likely that your investment is currently down from where you first bought in. Wondering why the price is stagnating? It’s called a crypto…