Investor Insights
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Looking at the financial year ahead
It's time for investors to start thinking about positioning for the August reporting season by looking at companies in an upgrade cycle and avoiding stocks in a downgrade cycle.
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How Olivia Long increased her super balance tenfold in 11 years
SuperGuardian's CEO, Olivia Long, shares how she got her super worth more than ten times her initial balance of $67,000 in just eleven years.
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How corporate bonds fit into a diversified portfolio
Diversifying beyond cash & Australian equities with corporate bonds and XTBs.
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Bell Direct CEO brings better customer service to online broking
When Bell Financial Group decided to take on the well established players in online stockbroking with the launch of Bell Direct 10 years ago, it found itself in a unique position. Investors had lost money – and faith – dealing with their online brokers, and Bell Direct had acquired a CEO who was perfectly equipped to seize the moment. That CEO was former accountant Arnie Selvarajah.
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Financial services stocks with compelling value
In light of the recent pullback in the financial services sector, a new pre-built investment strategy is now available in our research tool, Recognia's Strategy Builder, where you can find well-valued large cap financial services stocks.
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How to set up your own big cap portfolio, and why house prices will fall
In the Australian market, the key question is whether your portfolio is under or overweight banks and resources; they represent such big parts of the market; close to 50%, in fact. To answer this question we rely more upon what we think is happening with the economy, rather than the fundamentals of each bank or mining company.
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Build your defensive income stream and diversify your portfolio
A diversified investment portfolio should include defensive assets, which balance exposure to growth assets such as equities and property.
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Medical Marijuana: Don’t Inhale
The surge in valuations means medical marijuana stocks have gone from a standing start just over 24 months ago, to being valued between $27m and $190m, with the whole sector valuation approaching $1bn despite the lack of a revenue track record. Is this sustainable?
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New advanced ETF & mFund filters
The Bell Direct development team has been working on a new trading tool to help you select the ETFs and mFunds to invest in.
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SMSF trustees wise to spend more time on their investments
Self-managed superannuation fund trustees spend more time on administrative duties associated with their fund than they do on selecting investments.