The following article is courtesy of Jim Parker, Vice President, DFA Australia. It highlights that without a disciplined pre-conceived approach to making money related decisions, it is easy to justify…
Australian households among the world’s wealthiest The “Australian Financial Review” of 10 October 2012 reported that Australia’s median wealth per adult at USD194,000 is the highest in the world, according…
Lifetime Annuities: good product, immature market If you’re looking for a way to outsource your investment, longevity and inflation risks, you’re in luck. There is a financial product (a lifetime…
Lifetime Annuities and the quest for certainty Lifetime annuities offer you the opportunity to outsource a large slice of the uncertainty associated with managing your retirement capital. You get to…
Most investors should hold a combination of defensive and growth assets In our last article, we explained why we don’t think that the past five years of poor share market…
Will shares continue to outperform cash? We use the chart below, showing a comparison of the growth since 1926 of a $1 invested in the US share market with a $1…
What is index investing? Many investors shy away from index investing because they deem it to be too naïve for their investment purposes. There’s definitely a higher seduction factor associated…
Gen Xers should be rejoicing An article in “The New York Times” of 29 May 2012 titled “Younger Investors Jaded About the Stock Market, Survey Finds”, reported that a survey…
The concept of a single strategic equity asset class Globalisation has meant that world equity markets are now much easier to access. This is leading to the next stage in…
Comparatively, house prices may appear reasonable In a recent speech, titled “The Lucky Country”, the Governor of the Reserve Bank, Mr Glenn Stevens, argues that despite many pundits suggesting otherwise…