Investing
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Opinion
Why this is the most poorly understood thing in finance
It’s a factor many investors wring their hands about, but it’s worth learning how to manage it properly.
- by Paridhi Jain
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Opinion
Our obsession with property is pathological. Something’s gotta give
Forget the Sunday trip to Bunnings - investing in property is the greatest Australian pastime of all, and queuing for house inspections is our national sport.
- by William Bennett
Young Chinese investing in golden beans
With a slumping economy and high youth unemployment, China has seen a trend in young people investing in 'golden beans'.
Opinion
Opinion
Buy low, sell high? What Hollywood gets wrong about investing
Just like you don’t need to be an F1 racer to drive to work, you don’t need to be a day trader to invest successfully.
- by Paridhi Jain
Analysis
Aviation
The global turbulence behind Bonza’s backers
Bonza airlines was tipped into voluntary administration. But its problems are just part of wider questions being asked about the financial health of its backer, US investment firm 777 Partners.
- by Anne Hyland
David Beckham sues Mark Wahlberg over ‘$16m loss’ in Aussie gym brand
David Beckham is suing his former Beverly Hills neighbour and friend over an alleged loss of more than $US10 million in embattled fitness franchise F45.
- by Colin Kruger
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ASX dives amid escalating Middle East tensions
Australian stocks dived for their seventh session in the past days, with investors fearing the ramifications of escalating tensions in the Middle East, also weighing on the market was a US labour report, released overnight, that reaffirmed bets interest rates would remain higher for longer.Â
- by Sumeyya Ilanbey
Opinion
Gold
Mystery gold buyer is betting on geopolitical and financial mayhem
A powerful force is stalking the world’s gold market. It is operating in the shadows. Is somebody preparing for an escalation of the shadow Third World War?
- by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
Opinion
World markets
Debt-saturated markets may soon face a ‘Minsky’ moment
Sell in May and go away, says the old stock market adage. Maybe that should be brought forward a week or two this time around.
- by Jeremy Warner
Opinion
Ask an expert
Should we use savings to pay down mortgage or invest in shares?
Once you get to the point where your mortgage isn’t weighing you down, you can explore other investment options.
- by Noel Whittaker
Kerr Neilson lost over $500m in six years. Then he made it all back
The billionaire watched as the performance of the company he once ran, Platinum Asset Management, tanked alongside his fortune, spurring him into action.
- by Anne Hyland