The Roaring ’20s, and I’m talking the 1920s, was a decade of economic growth and widespread prosperity. It followed the ‘Spanish Flu Pandemic’ which lasted two years, over a number of waves between February 1918 to and April 1920. Sound familiar? The decade following was a period of strong economic growth and technological change. Most…
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 27, 2023
Issue 41: Thinking of getting started in investing or know someone who is? Consider the fundamentals first
Thank you for joining us again this year and for your interest and support over 2022. If you are joining us in 2023 for the first time, welcome and I hope you find these articles of interest and help. Just to reconfirm, these are my thoughts and ideas based on my experiences and are not…
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 13, 2022
Issue 40: What’s ahead in 2023
There is always a temptation to look at a year in isolation, rather than placing it in the context of a slightly longer view, maybe within the last — not to mention the next two, three or even five years. So, it’s not surprising to see commentary for 2023 suggesting home prices continuing to fall,…
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…
December 2, 2022
Issue 39: A recap on 2022 and a peak at 2023
It may seem a little premature to be writing about what happened this year, however let’s get in early as plenty of others will write on the subject as we cross over from 2022 to 2023. And of course, it’s always good to look back and see what was suggested for 2022 and how we…
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…