Passive Investing Guide
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Why not just invest everything in the Australian market?
There are a few reasons people use to justify investing mostly or entirely in the Australian stock market. We go through those reasons to see which ones are sound, which are dangerous, and why.
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.
Cash vs bonds (or both) in your portfolio
The different characteristics of cash and bonds, including risk and return, diversification, de-risking, and how to use this information when constructing your portfolio.
Pay off the mortgage faster or invest?
Whether to pay off the mortgage faster or invest is one of the most common questions that gets asked. Paying down your mortgage offers a guaranteed return. Investing has a higher return, but it’s not guaranteed. Read on to help decide which is better for you.
Should I diversify out of VDHG?
We explore a question that often comes up from new investors whether they should diversify out of just VDHG and add other funds so they don’t have all their eggs in one basket.
Why bonds?
With interest rates returning effectively nothing over inflation, is it worth moving from cash to bonds? To answer this, we need to compare the risk and return of each.