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    • Building a passive portfolio
      • 1. Inflation
      • 2. Fear of investing
      • 3. The risk-reward spectrum
      • 4. Asset allocation & risk tolerance
      • 5. Index funds
      • 6. Mitigating risks
      • 7. Bond funds
      • 8. Equity funds
      • 9. Franking credits
      • 10. Currency risk
      • 11. Rebalancing
      • 12. VDHG or roll your own
      • 13. The 10% bonds in VDHG
      • 14. VDHG alternatives
      • 15. Summary & further reading
    • Creating an investment plan
      • 1. Creating an Investment Policy Statement
      • 2. How much do I need to save to meet my retirement goal?
    • Beyond the essentials
      • 1. Other asset classes
      • 2. REITs
      • 3. Small caps
      • 4. Cash vs bonds
      • 5. Risk premium explained
      • 6. Stock market risk
    • Common questions
      • 1. Should I hold off buying stocks until the volatility has reduced?
      • 2. Whipsaws and hopping out of the market when there’s bad news
      • 3. The market has never been this high — should I wait?
      • 4. Lump-sum investing
      • 5. Low interest rates — use high dividend stocks?
      • 6. Low interest rates — switch HISA to Bonds?
      • 7. Why bonds?
      • 8. Pay off the mortgage or invest?
      • 9. What are ETFs, LICs, index funds & managed funds
      • 10. Should I diversify out of VDHG?
      • 11. The Australian version of the 3-fund-portfolio
      • 12. How is VDHG tax-inefficient?
    • Misconceptions explained
      • 1. Dividends are not safer than selling stocks
      • 2. Dividend investing vs total return investing
      • 3. LICs — are they all they’re cracked up to be?
      • 4. What is total return investing?
      • 5. P2P lending and the risk-return spectrum
      • 6. The truth about investment bonds
      • 7. Why not invest in Indian fixed deposits at 8% interest?
      • 8. Should I chase higher interest rates in another developed country?
      • 9. Why not just invest everything in the US market?
      • 10. Emerging markets is crap — should I leave it out?
      • 11. Why you can ignore the index bubble argument
    • Miscellaneous
      • 1. Investing for children
      • 2. Fund domicile and avoidable US taxes
      • 3. Non-residents or not planning on retiring to Australia
      • 4. The problem with pooled funds
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      • 1. What do financial advisers do?
      • 2. How to choose a financial adviser
      • 3. How 1% fees cost you a third of your nest egg
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Misconceptions explained

dividend definition

Dividends are not safer than selling stocks

There’s a common misconception that dividends are safer than selling down shares. Read on to see why these fallacies exist and the risks they create. Read on »

dividend investing vs total return investing

Dividend investing vs total return investing

​Only after you understand the difference between dividend investing and total return investing can you focus on what is most important in creating a diversified portfolio. Read on »

lics

LICs – are they all they’re cracked up to be?

Before indexing, LICs filled a gap in the market for low-cost, infrequently traded funds. Let’s clear up the long list of fallacies surrounding them. Read on »

total return investing

What is total return investing?

When a former financial adviser doesn’t even understand what total return investing is, it’s time to write an article to explain it! Read on »

p2p

P2P lending and the risk-return spectrum

​The higher returns offered by P2P loans don’t come for free. The cost is a higher risk of default and with a host of other downsides that are not immediately obvious. Read on »

pull back curtain

The truth about investment bonds

​Investment bonds are marketed as tax-free but tax is paid within the bond, resulting in a worse tax outcome for most. Not to mention all the other downsides. Read on »

indian money

Why not invest in Indian fixed deposits at 8% interest?

Fixed-term deposits in India return a whopping 8% p.a. Should you convert your money to rupees and invest in them? Here’s what you need to know. Read on »

chase higher interest rates

Should I chase higher interest rates in another country?

​Each country’s bank interest rate is a little different. Read on to find out if it’s worth investing in a term deposit in a country with a higher interest rate. Read on »

us stock market

Why not just invest everything in the US market?

​The US stock market has annihilated the rest of the world’s markets over the past decade. But how has it compared over longer time frames? Read on »

emerging markets

Emerging markets is crap – should I leave it out?

​Emerging markets have done very poorly this past decade. Should you leave it out of your portfolio? Here’s what to consider. Read on »

index bubble

Why you can ignore the index bubble argument

A breakdown of the index bubble argument and why it only makes in a world where people don’t like money. Read on »

Recent Posts

  • Investing for children (new)
  • What do financial advisers do? (new)
  • How to choose a financial adviser (new)
  • Marketable limit orders
  • How 1% fees cost you a third of your nest egg
  • How is VDHG tax-inefficient?
  • Wraps and why advisors love them
  • Stock market risk
  • The truth about investment bonds
  • What’s the deal with small caps?
  • Risk premium explained

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  • Creating an investment plan
  • Beyond the essentials
  • Common questions
  • Misconceptions explained
  • Miscellaneous

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