Exchange Traded Funds
Test drive: Fixed-income exchange-traded funds
John Kavanagh What is it? Two asset management companies, BlackRock Investment Management and Russell Investments, have announced plans to list fixed-income exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on the Australian...
A little can go a long way
Penny Pryor Many in Generation Y stay out of equities and don't realise wealth can be built from small amounts.
Best way up
John Collett Australian share prices are up more than 5 per cent this year and, who knows, it may be the start of a sustained recovery.
Foundations for a good portfolio
Disillusion with traditional managed funds' high fees and poor performances is likely to see a continuing shift among financial planners and small investors to a type of listed managed fund called an...
Digging up the dirt on commodities
Know where commodity prices are going and they will tell you all about next year.
Gifts that will make a mint
All the signs are there. The tinsel is up at the local shopping centre, the supermarket has been selling fruit mince pies for months, the letterbox is stuffed with gift catalogues and kindergarten...
Light breaks after a tempestuous year
David Potts It's been a tumultuous 12 months, but signs indicate a calmer outlook for 2012.
Refresh the portfolio with new fund type
Penny Pryor IN A move that went under the radar towards the end of last year, the local bourse relaxed one of its regulations to allow fixed-income exchange-traded funds to be listed on the Australian Stock...
Glittering prospects
David Potts With nothing standing in the way of gold prices, it's a wonder shares haven't been rushed.
ASX-listed tracker funds pass muster
The fund manager BetaShares Capital, a provider of exchange-traded funds (ETFs), sent an announcement to the Australian Securities Exchange earlier this month, informing the market that it had...
ASIC boss takes action on market transparency
Adele Ferguson Three months into the top job at the corporate watchdog, Greg Medcraft is making some big inroads into cleaning up the opaque world of contracts for difference.
Index stays on track
Barbara Drury China's rapid economic development combined with a post-global financial crisis lack of confidence in the US dollar, shares and bonds has fuelled a boom in tangible assets that hurt when you drop...
More than meets the eye
The latest fad, ETFs are cheap, easy to manage and a reliable source of liquidity - but they have a downside, writes David Potts.
Averaging a strategy to succeed
Penny Pryor Investing consistently over the long term is a better plan for doing well out of the sharemarket than guessing when to buy and sell.
Demand for bullion at fever pitch
The gold price is hitting record nominal price highs of more than $US1600 ($1450) an ounce, up from about $US300 10 years ago.
In for the short term
Having been burnt twice by the sharemarket, in the 1980s and then 2003, it's a wonder Nicole Koutsos has returned for a third time.
Puzzle of the cheap shares
David Potts Amazingly, punters can buy stock in many listed investment companies for less than its worth. David Potts does some snooping to reveal why.
Taking stock
EXCHANGE traded funds (ETFs) are becoming so popular they make listed investment companies (LICs) seem so yesterday.
Why it can pay to do it by halves
David Potts There are a lot of attractive reasons why you might want to revisit the strategy of buying shares with instalment warrants, writes David Potts.
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