Investment
Put cash to work
| TONY FEATHERSTONE
Featherstone | Reliable, high-yielding stocks are still the best sharemarket strategy .
Biofuels come a cropper
| DAMON FRITH
The investment case for biofuels sourced from crops is being hampered by regulation.
Ask the professional: Michael Blayney
| Michael Bailey
Perpetual Investments’ balanced fund chief uses floating-rate debt and investment grade credit to beat inflation.
Market update
| David James
Westpac; News Corp; Transfield Services; AWE; Harvey Norman; Forecasts downgraded.
The $23 a tonne guinea pig
| Damon Frith
Frith | The world will watch the introduction of our carbon tax, but only in the way of observing an experiment.
Too many tomorrows
| MICHAEL BAILEY
Living past 120 – as a brain in a vat – is an unsettling proposition, particularly for insurance providers.
Regis Resources
| David JamesThe gold company is about to sharply increase its production, one broker forecasts.
Market update
| David James
Wesfarmers; OZ Minerals; QR National; Roc Oil; Regis Resources; Future shock.
Ask the professional: Richard Stacker, Charter Hall
| Michael Bailey
Charter Hall’s direct property chief tips Brisbane and Perth office markets and prime industrial warehousing for top investments.
Bank on profits being returned
| Damon Frith
Investors may be looking at a cash bonanza should the banks start share buybacks.
Why you never write the US economy off
| Damon Frith
Frith | The American consumer is starting to spend again and there are some important lessons for Australia.
Pick the winners
| David James
How and when investors allocate their capital between different asset classes has become crucial.
Retiring an option
| Zoë Fielding
Aged-care reforms haven’t altered the attraction of investing in retirement villages.
Client in the financial dark
| David Chaplin
Quality financial advice is elusive and many consumers don’t know it when they see it.
Bernake’s sleight of hand
| Damon Frith
Frith | US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke wants investors to buy risky assets to save big banks.
Ask the professional: Conrad Saldanha
| Michael BAiley
Conrad Saldanha The head of emerging markets equities at Neuberger Berman doesn’t like US real estate.
Service companies dig in
| TONY FEATHERSTONE
Featherstone | The smartest and fastest companies in the rapidly growing industrial and mining services sector.
Ask the professional: Philip Parker
| Michael Bailey
The chief investment manger of fund manager Parker Asset Management found his best investment in a funds management business.
Value in store
| Tony Featherstone
Featherstone | We are creating more data than ever - which creates a powerful business driver for data storage businesses.
Cooling capital seeks returns
| Damon FrithEquities remain core to portfolios but investors are showing increasing interest in income-generating assets.
Why CEOs outperform early on
| Damon Frith
Chief executives may be leaving their posts earlier, but they are packing a big punch in those first two years.
Market update
| David James
Macquarie Group; QBE Insurance; Telstra Corp; Seek; Virgin Australia; Questions over media.
Super’s unkindest cut
| Michael Bailey
It’s shaping as an unhappy new financial year for superannuation savers.
No gain, no pain: why we avoid risk
| Greg BrightPeople place a higher value on something they own than on an identical item they don’t own but are able to use.
Bank sees ASX bounce
| Kate MillsThe sharemarket has failed to rally but Deutsche Bank is optimistic.
Placing a bet against herd mentality
| Greg Bright
Recognising the psychological biases that influence investors may be easy but counteracting them is far more difficult.
Where the grass is greener
| Damon Frith
Investors disillusioned with the local sharemarket are adding diversity to their portfolios by looking to foreign assets.
Market update
| David James
Leighton Holdings; Newcrest Mining; IOOF; Telstra; Transurban; Cautious times in the market
Planners caught out
| Michael Bailey
Secret surveillance of financial planners reveals how badly reforms are needed..