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How 'Balanced' Is Your Super?
No standard for 'balanced' super funds in Australia; risk and returns vary widely. Check your asset mix before retirement.
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The Weekly Finger: On bruised legs and bruised portfolios
Oil surges; crude ETF jumps 33% in a week—the biggest weekly gain on record—plus a new Finger on the Pulse episode and a revamped Investor Pulse site.
How Australia’s Most Financially Challenged State Found an Answer to the Housing Crisis
Victoria's land tax surge hits landlords, boosting Melbourne housing affordability and sparking more first-home loans, a policy quirk with budget implications.
Weekly Wrap: ASX slides 3.8% as Middle East conflict spooks markets
ASX 200 plunges 3.8% for the week as Middle East conflict lifts oil and inflation fears, sparking rate hike bets while energy stocks rally.
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Has Tungsten Been an Oversight for Investors? How to Get ASX Exposure
Tungsten prices jump 500% in 12 months amid supply bottlenecks and China export controls. ASX exposure could offer a fresh, high-stakes macro theme.
Which Stocks Benefit from a Uranium Supply Deficit?
Uranium supply deficit could lift shares as Australia leverages domestic reserves and SMRs to secure base-load power.
Australia’s Best (and Worst) Bank
Australia's Bank of Mum and Dad pumps $35b a year into housing, but rising non-performing loans and fairness issues threaten the unofficial lender's future.
The Weekly Finger: CBA PR team dancing in the streets, waving flags etc
CBA faces police probe over a $1bn mortgage-fraud hole, sparking talk of a banking lending overhaul and potential share moves.
US-Iran War: Energy, Gold, and Silver
Oil jumps as US-Iran tensions flare; Hormuz risk, insurers drop cover. Gold, silver and miners rally as a new mining bull market awakens.
Time for Pensioners to Get Aggressive
Pensioners urged to be aggressive with cash as March deeming rates rise to 1.25% and 3.25%; beating returns could protect income.
Earnings Season Growth Leaders: Gold, Copper, Industrials and More
Earnings season shifts to a stock-pickers market as the RBA lifts rates to 3.85%; focus on cash flow and balance sheets, with Macquarie leading earnings.
Where are the New Copper Discoveries? Deficit Remains, Small Caps to Benefit?
Copper faces a structural deficit through 2026 as demand from renewables and AI surges, boosting ASX-listed miners with new long-life supply.