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Over the past few years, Australians have flocked to buy now pay later services (BNPL) due to an explosion in companies offering this service, including Afterpay, Zip.co, Sezzle and Splitit to name a few. The attraction of these BNPL services has also ... More

Until this week, South Australia was confident it was safe from the COVID-19 virus, yet now it finds itself in a strict lockdown. If there is one thing that 2020 and the virus have taught us is that we cannot be complacent, as the world is at a point ... More

The secret to investing successfully is to know where the money is flowing although, for retail investors this can be a little challenging depending on what you want to invest in. But if you decide to invest in the stock market it is very easy to track ... More

There is an old saying when it comes to investing that you can't buy yesterday's returns. In essence, this means that if an investment rises in the previous year and you don't own it, then you missed out. That said, I believe it also means you can't ... More

Over the past six months, the majority of the workforce has worked from home with a significant number of JobKeeper payments, and according to a report from ASIC, this has resulted in a large influx of new investors and traders into the stock market. ... More

With the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) board due to meet on October 6, speculation is mounting as to whether they will reduce interest rates further in a bid to stimulate the economy. Since 2016, interest rates have been reduced five times and are ... More

Despite the uncertainty and challenging times this year because of COVID-19, many investors flocked to defensive assets, such as silver and gold, which has paid off handsomely, particularly given that the All Ordinaries Index is down more than 10%. ... More

One thing I've learnt over almost three decades of trading the stock market is that when individuals invest their hard-earned money, they never expect to lose. While on an intellectual level they know it is possible to lose money, they just don't think ... More

This year the world has been thrust into turmoil with growing fears around the full effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Concerns are not just about our health, although understandably this is our immediate focus, but also the growing concerns among ordinary ... More

Best and worst performing sectors this week Materials and Consumer Staples have been the best performers so far as they both up nearly 2% with Communication Services not far behind up more than 1.5%. The worst performing sectors include Energy, which ... More