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- Opinion
- Sharemarket
Dangerous to buy the dip on growth stocks
Over the last decade growth stocks have quickly bounced back after a setback. But what might be different this time is the outlook for inflation.
- James Weir
Why more SMSFs should hold bonds
Investors often make the mistake of looking at bonds and other defensive investments by analysing the return in isolation, but they have been good for decades.
- Ben Smythe
- Opinion
- Australian recession
When it comes to risk of a global recession, ‘3’ is the magic number
Just as 3 per cent is a critical growth threshold, there are also three critical risks on the horizon in the US, Europe and China.
- Gerwin Bell
He started in a Pratt factory. Now he’s a Rich List billionaire
It took patience, a passion for property and a lot of petrol-pumping for Melbourne entrepreneur Nick Andrianakos to rise to the Financial Review Rich List.
- Michael Bailey
The best gift for new graduates is help with retirement
Simple maths tells us starting to save at an early age requires the least sacrifice.
- Teresa Ghilarducci
- No.138
- Rich List
‘A deal I haven’t done’ gets this new Rich Lister out of bed each day
Dennis Bastas, co-founder, chief executive and chairman of Arrotex Pharmaceuticals, prefers pre-empting a challenge to trying to exploit an opportunity.
- Carrie LaFrenz
Wealthiest Australians
MAB Corp adds $75m site to Melbourne industrial pipeline
The Cranbourne East site will support more than $400 million of industrial and logistics facilities when fully developed.
- 57 mins ago
- Larry Schlesinger
How 10-minute grocery deliverer Milkrun became an overnight success
There’s a lot riding on founder Dany Milham’s shoulders. But this 31-year-old has been here before.
- Yolanda Redrup
He started in a Pratt factory. Now he’s a Rich List billionaire
It took patience, a passion for property and a lot of petrol-pumping for Melbourne entrepreneur Nick Andrianakos to rise to the Financial Review Rich List.
- Michael Bailey
Yesterday
- Opinion
- Investing
Market uncertainty a good prompt to review your investment strategy
Selling can lock in losses, particularly if the money is not reinvested until the market has recovered and confidence returns.
- Michael Hutton
This Month
Victorian Liberal elders find other causes to celebrate
As for the proper election night parties/wakes, well, they don’t bear thinking about.
- Myriam Robin
- Analysis
- Wall Street
The stock market crash has only just begun and it will hurt
A recession now looks certain. The only real question is how deep it will be, and how long it will last.
- Matthew Lynn
- Opinion
- Cryptocurrencies
Could bitcoin fall below $US10,000?
The last time the US Federal Reserve raised its cash rate from zero to 2.5 per cent in 2018, the cryptocurrency tumbled 83 per cent.
- Christopher Joye
Buy, hold, sell: Five stocks that benefit from rising rates
Two fund managers take a look at three stocks that profit from rising rates and inflation, and name one company with surprising upside ahead.
Small-cap funds to watch
Those that hold lots of resource stocks have done well. But that dynamic won’t last forever.
- Tony Featherstone
What the election result could mean to your finances
Thanks to a policy-light campaign, the key factor is who you believe will be the better manager of the economy.
- Duncan Hughes
Smashed small caps that can turn into portfolio treasures
The best time to buy is when they get badly oversold. Professional investors share the stocks they like and what to watch out for.
- Tony Featherstone
Get a strata lawyer who knows their stuff
If you’ve got a problem in your apartment building that needs legal attention, you’re better off with a specialist.
- Jimmy Thomson
Can I use my super to buy a first home?
With the Coalition announcing a revamp of its homebuyer scheme, a reader finds he is eligible for the existing plan even though his wife already owns a home.
- John Wasiliev
War and inflation lay waste to 20 years of easy money
After decades of low interest rates and lucrative sharemarkets, investors are realising the “set-and-forget” strategies of the past may no longer be suitable.
- Aleks Vickovich
Is HECS still the best debt you can have?
With indexation reset at 3.9 per cent, the average student debt will increase by around $900 in June.
- Lucy Dean
What you need to know about the Coalition’s super home buyer scheme
Economists warn about “unforeseen economic consequences” of encouraging young home buyers to dip into their super.
- Duncan Hughes
I’ve lost $100,000 in 11 years - and I’m far from alone
I want to retire as a financial equal to my husband but that won’t happen without big policy changes.
- Bianca Hartge-Hazelman
- Opinion
- Superannuation
What the new super rules mean for those aged 67-75
From July 1, they will be able to contribute without having to meet the work test, but they need to watch out for contribution caps and tax deductions.
- John Maroney
Why Buffett and Munger avoid ‘evil, stupid’ bitcoin
Berkshire Hathaway held its first in-person annual meeting since 2019 and its long-time leaders held court on crypto, politics and the casino-like sharemarket.
- Katherine Chiglinsky
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire buys $4.1b stake in Citigroup
The company has also added a $US2.61 billion bet on Paramount and a nearly $US390 million stake in Ally Financial.
- Katherine Chiglinsky and Max Reyes
- Analysis
- Property prices
Read this before using your super to buy a house
Prime Minister Scott Morrison described the controversial policy as a game-changer, but financial advisers and economists aren’t so sure.
- Lucy Dean
NAB ahead of the pack after big four report
Interest rates will continue to be a delicate tightrope that the banks walk between maximising profitability and keeping their customers happy and solvent.
- Elio D'Amato
- Opinion
- Commercial property finance
Regions on the radar as Australia grows up
Is it still all risk for no reward in regional commercial real estate?
- Sam Tamblyn
