Investor Insights
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How Fixed Income can reduce your risk
For Australian investors, who are heavily invested into equities, many may not appreciate the benefits of fixed income, otherwise known as bonds.
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4 reasons to consider ETFs for your portfolio
ETF ownership has taken off in Australia, and its unsurprising really. Given ETFs are one of few ways to access global markets - and they’re low cost- it’s clear why people seem to be flocking to them.
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Building a balanced portfolio using ETFs
It's important to ensure your portfolio is well balanced in order to ensure a greater degree of security. ETFs are a great way of accomplishing that balance.
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If volatility is here to stay, portfolio protection is more important than ever
Investors with balanced portfolios (50:50 bonds and shares), may have found their share market declines became balanced by their bond returns.
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Get your portfolio ready for 2019
To wrap up 2018, Arnie Selvarajah, Bell Direct CEO, and Julia Lee, Bell Direct Equities Strategist, have teamed up to give you their investment outlook for 2019.
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“Horses for courses” - The various uses for fixed income
Different approaches to fixed income – absolute return and benchmark relative – solve different investment problems for investors.
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October Market Overview
In her October monthly review, Julia shares her insights on two sectors coming under pressure and whether the outperformance of gold will last.
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Maths not (black) magic
Understand the simple maths that underpins bonds and you’ll understand why it makes sense to include bonds in your investment portfolio.
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September Market Overview
In her September monthly review, Julia shares her insights on how to detect if the current bull market is coming to an end.
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Why would anyone pay a premium to buy a bond?
How much should you pay for a premium bond?
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August Market Overview
In her monthly review, Julia discusses banks repricing their morgage books and shares her insights on which sectors are under pressure given recent political risk.
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Portfolio Building - a risky but rewarding business?
Building a well balanced portfolio may seem daunting. Nick Groves from Money Management interviews investment professionals including our Equities Strategist Julia Lee on how to get your asset allocation mix right before delving into "what's under the bonnet".