While industry super funds earned 8.8% over the five years to 2015-2016, SMSFs with assets of $500,000 to $1 million returned an average of just 3.7%. Ouch!
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Lots of shuffling of legal paperwork and a general air that a tax or investment scheme is "too good to be true"? It is.
I clearly remember the moment I first picked up Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist by Roger Lowenstein. It was December 1996, and the book set off a chain of events that led to me achieving many of my financial goals ahead of schedule.
The tax office says Bitcoin is not to be classified as "money" so where does that leave self-managed super funds and cryptocurrency?
As the world's best cyclists prepare to battle through the Tour de France, investors can take a few lessons from the peloton, including why patience, teamwork and resilience matter more than quick wins.
Micro-investing is turning mobile phones into investment tools, enabling you to get a stake in shares, property and fixed income with your small change.
If you are thinking of buying bitcoin, then do your homework, don't just buy on a get-rich-quick impulse, because cryptocurrency is really just a speculation.
Some commentators say Bitcoin is a speculative bubble that will end badly, others say it is the global currency of the future. Neither side has a good case.
Where would you invest $10,000? We put that question to three of our experts: Ross Greenwood, Nerida Cole and Marcus Padley.
Acorns Grow Australia is a micro-investing product that lets you invest virtual "chump change", but convenience comes at a cost.
