Adviser news & insights
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Fintechs shake up banking, providing investment opportunities
Fintech — financial services underpinned by technology — may not be new but the pace of change has never been faster. It is a crucial trend that Australian investors need to be aware of, given financial stocks make up almost half of the S&P/ASX200.
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Declining market breadth in US stocks and impact on the Australian market
With lots of talk about the rise in the US stockmarket to new highs being driven by a handful of stocks, how important is breadth and how does the Australian sharemarket stack up?
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How to build a small cap portfolio
Your step-by-step guide to building your own small cap portfolio, whether nor not it is part of a bigger equities portfolio.
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Access all asset classes: moving beyond direct shares
Welcome to a new world of access beyond direct shares. It is a trend being driven by Australian share investors who want the benefits of holding a range of different asset classes – global equities, as well as property and bonds – because they rise and fall at different times.
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Betting on yield
Investment performance in the last few years has been more about interest rate expectations than anything else. As bond yields have moved lower, high yielding stocks have moved higher.