August 2020 Content provided by Share Wealth Systems The stock market bug first bit me in 1990. I became obsessed with analysing companies and predicting whether the price of their stock would go up, down or sideways. I devoured annual reports, financial newspapers and magazines and books on investing. Back then, I did what conventional…
July 2020 Content provided by Sharesight Sharesight is an award-winning online portfolio tracker and performance reporting tool used by SMSF trustees to take the admin hassle out of tracking their SMSF investments. SMSFs make up roughly 35% of the portfolios tracked in Sharesight by Australian investors. From these portfolios, we’re able to generate insights into…
July 2020 As I welcome you to the start of a new financial year, above all, I trust you, your family members, friends and colleagues are all in good health. Beyond your personal heath an important consideration for many at this time will be the health of their SMSF and its investment portfolio and I’m…
July 2020 Written by Per Amundsen, Head of Research, Thinktank The numbers around Limited Recourse Borrowing Arrangements (LRBAs), the borrowing instrument that took effect in 2006 to allow self-managed super funds (SMSFs) access to leverage, can easily – and sometimes deliberately – be misinterpreted. Let us cite two examples. In December 2014, the Financial System…
July 2020 Content provided by Primewest Group Investor Relations Unlisted Trusts offer investors the opportunity of investing in various commercial properties eg. Office buildings, Shopping centres, large format retail, Agriculture, tourism, industrial/logistics etc. Unlisted trusts give investors the ability to invest in this type of asset without the large costs involved in purchasing these assets.…
June 2020 Content provided by S&P Dow Jones Indices Research Paper: Persistence Scorecard – Australia While comparing returns against a benchmark is a common practice to evaluate the performance of active funds, performance persistence is an additional test of the fund managers’ skills at overcoming different market environments. In this report, we measured the performance…
June 2020 Written by Per Amundsen, Head of Research, Thinktank If there has been a common refrain from critics of Limited Recourse Borrowing Arrangements (LRBAs) since their inception in September 2007, it’s that self-managed super funds (SMSFs) using this debt instrument could be fatally exposed in economic or financial crises. Yet 13 years on and…
June 2020 It’s hard to believe that this is the twelfth article in this series; even more so when we consider that when the first was written a year ago, we were in a very different investment environment. With the change in fortunes for markets over recent months, some investors and SMSF trustees may find…
June 2020 Content provided by OTG Capital https://vimeo.com/430196240/69c8f40b5f Presented by: Ray Trevisan, Director and Fund Manager, OTG CapitalDuration: 18 Minutes Disclaimer The views, comments and opinions aired during this presentation should not be construed or viewed as financial advice. Any commentary is General Advice only and does not take into account your objectives, financial situation…
June 2020 Content provided by The Perth Mint Gold was a highly sought after asset class during the Global Financial Crisis (GFC), with the yellow metal outperforming as investors rushed toward this trusted safe haven. We’ve seen a similar market reaction in 2020, with the price of gold rising by 13% in the first five…
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