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Thinking about investing, but not sure where to start?

Often the hardest part of building a portfolio is choosing the right investment. This is one reason why exchange traded funds (ETFs) have become so popular.
01 July 2026 3 min read

The most important investment decision you’ll ever make

Stock picking often gets the spotlight, but research shows asset allocation explains the vast majority of long-term returns. Understanding your mix of growth and defensive assets is the real key to investment success.
15 June 2026 3 min read

Rent inflation and the missing policy

The government plans to remove negative gearing to help renters buy homes. However, Jason Teh from Vertium Asset Management says, for those who remain renters, the wrong levers are being pulled to try and increase rental unit supply.
28 May 2026 4 min read

The investment mistake killing your returns

Retail investors face an increasingly complex product environment, but simplicity may be the most overlooked advantage in building a portfolio you can actually live with.
28 May 2026 3 min read

Oil, bond yields, the Federal Budget and the RBA

AMP’s Dr Shane Oliver dives into the investment outlook with a Q&A on the big questions facing investors today.
20 May 2026 3 min read

Federal Budget 2026: the biggest changes to investment taxes in decades

Gemma Dale unpacks the key measures of the Budget including: changes to the capital gains tax, negative gearing and the introduction of a minimum tax on discretionary trusts. Watch the full budget breakdown below.
12 May 2026 9 min watch

The 2026 Federal Budget at a glance

Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers has handed down his fifth Federal Budget, with some of the biggest changes to personal and investment taxes in decades. In the Federal papers, changes to the capital gains tax will see the 50% CGT discount replaced by cost base indexation. Negative gearing will no longer be available for existing residential properties, and the Government will introduce a 30% minimum tax on discretionary trusts. Get the full Budget breakdown from Gemma Dale below.
12 May 2026 4 min read

It’s all a game!

Why traders should try to ignore the noise and make friends with volatility.
06 May 2026 3 min read

Are active managers bringing a knife to a gunfight?

Vertium Asset Management’s Jason Teh unpacks how passive investing has permanently changed market structure - and why sophisticated tools are now the price of survival.
30 April 2026 4 min read

Can you value a share just using dividends?

A cow for her milk, a stock for her dividends. Mark LaMonica says investors are too quick to dismiss this valuation technique.
30 April 2026 3 min read

The ASX’s most shorted stocks in 2026

Morningstar discusses what investors can and can’t learn from the top 20 most shorted ASX shares.
08 April 2026 4 min read

ASX dividend champions

Morningstar’s Mark LaMonica shares lessons from a list of 20 ASX shares that have delivered over the last decade.
08 April 2026 3 min read

Structural tailwinds driving the next commodities supercycle

Janus Henderson sees a powerful new phase for commodities taking shape. Adding, resources stocks have the potential to deliver attractive long term returns and offer valuable diversification benefits.
31 March 2026 4 min read

The refinery problem: A different kind of energy crisis in 2026

Vertium Asset Management says the 2026 Hormuz blockade has broken refined product markets in ways the 2022 Ukraine crisis never did. Jason Teh compares the two crises here.
19 March 2026 3 min read

A sustained energy shock would raise the risk of recession

As ongoing geopolitical uncertainty continues to roil commodity markets, Coolabah Capital’s Kieran Davies says Oil shocks are stagflationary, which in turn limits the scope of central banks to cut interest rates.
16 March 2026 3 min read

Insurance brokers: not as easy to displace as the AI headlines suggest

If 2025 was the year of the AI leaders, then 2026 has started off as the year of the AI scare story.
13 March 2026 4 min read

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