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In the investment world, performance and risk generally move in the same direction. Investors can boost performance by taking on more risk, but rarely can more performance be had without also upping the risk profile. Understanding this relationship ... More

In 2017, Gal Margalit, 32, left Israel for Sydney to take up a business analyst role in the IT industry. She immediately started looking for a sensible way to invest her money in the hopes of buying a property. We spoke to Gal about how using RateSetter ... More

Elaine O'Shannessy, a retired primary school and TAFE teacher, now lives in northeastern Victoria, where she runs a bed and breakfast with her husband and enjoys tending to her extensive garden. We spoke to Elaine about how using RateSetter helped ... More

The Australian Exchange Traded Products (ETP) market is on a tear, with record net inflows of $1.62bn recorded in September. It caps off a 12-month period that saw the ETP market balloon 33% to almost $60bn. Domestic equity ETPs made the greatest monthly ... More

Shares are gaining favour among young women, with research from Nabtrade showing that female gen-Zers hold 20% more assets than their male peers. Women are also more inclined to play the long game, making fewer trades than men despite holding larger ... More

Spare a thought for investors in the United Kingdom: since the June 2016 referendum that set Brexit in motion, the investment environment has been one of near-constant turmoil. Faced with low interest rates and an uncertain economic future, investors ... More

Q. Hi Paul, My wife and I are 44 and 45, both working full time with a combined income of about $220,000pa. We have a mortgage with an offset account, which is incurring 0% interest as our savings of about $60,000 are equal to the outstanding mortgage. ... More

Since the recent banking royal commission, there has been a spike in compensation payments paid to investors by financial institutions. But did you know that these payments could be taxable? The way tax law applies to such payments is complicated because ... More

If you have your retirement savings with a superannuation fund, to what extent should you tinker with the investments? Most funds allow you to choose your investments from a line-up of options. What's more, you are free to switch at any time. Funds ... More

Millennials have an invaluable tool at their disposal: it's time. As investors, which they all are thanks to compulsory super, they have long time horizons, can afford to invest in higher-return options, take advantage of market cycles and therefore ... More