This Month
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Finfluencers offered licensing lifeline after crackdown
ASX-listed investment information firm Equity Story will open its financial services licence to select social media influencers to stop them quitting financial advice.
- Aleks Vickovich
Market rout puts ‘reverse FOMO’ into most young investors
They say the Wall Street hammering that pushed the market into bear territory last month has not made them alter their investment strategies.
- Lucy Dean
Young investors still ‘believe’ in crypto after crash
The market has lost more than half of its value since the peak in November as series of high-profile incidents continue to affect market confidence,
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- Aleks Vickovich
‘Cash grab’: Stake stock lending under fire from Reddit traders
Critics have blasted the popular neo-broker’s soon-to-be-launched stock lending business for its default opt-in and allegedly unfair revenue split.
- Lucy Dean and Aleks Vickovich
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CBA mulls financial advice for Millennial traders
Australia’s biggest bank has launched a new content platform called Stock’d aimed at those under the age of 35.
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- Aleks Vickovich
Syfe is a platform for traders who want to deep dive
Singapore investment platform Syfe will launch in Australia in July, hoping to offer a solution for retail investors who have graduated from “beginner” grade.
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- Lucy Dean
June
Experts warn ETF investors of ‘painful’ tax mistake
Experts are warning first-time investors they need to declare capital gains and losses this tax season, even if they are enrolled in a dividend reinvestment plan in an exchange-traded fund.
- Lucy Dean
‘We’re being tested’: Next-gen investors stare down markets bloodbath
It has been a horror show for local and international markets, but younger investors are shaking it off.
- Lucy Dean
Rate rises pile on pain for new buyers with ‘monstrous mortgages’
New borrowers are dedicating increasing chunks of their income to their mortgages, and as the RBA begins a rate rise campaign, that’s unlikely to end soon.
- Lucy Dean
Are shares or super better for a novice investor?
Daunted by volatile markets, some young investors are choosing to top up their superannuation to benefit from compounding, even though the funds are locked up.
- Lucy Dean
‘That’s on you’: Oxfam puts ‘wilfully blind’ investors on notice
It is possible to work towards a comfortable lifestyle without jeopardising the planet or pushing people into poverty, but it requires work.
- Lucy Dean
May
Stop dismissing young investors, stockbrokers told
Younger investors should be supported in taking control of their finances rather than talked down to, says online trading platform Stake.
- Lucy Dean
‘Surfboard’ advertising forces stockbrokers to step up game
It is only natural that younger investors would want to invest with platforms pitching trading as cheap and fun, but advisers need to highlight their wisdom.
- Lucy Dean
How to build an ‘investment wardrobe’
Investors apply a high level of scrutiny to their investments. This is how to do the same with your wardrobe.
- Lucy Dean
OK Boomer: could this be the start of the end of handouts?
Both major parties remain beholden to a large voting block comprised of older homeowners, but there are signs of a shift toward policies with broader appeal.
- Lucy Dean
How I convinced my company director dad to vote teal
Former Olympian John Forbes voted Liberal his entire life, until his 20-year-old daughter changed his mind.
- Lucy Dean
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Micro-investing market doubles as Robinhood trend endures
The huge rise in the number of Australians using apps to access financial markets suggests the arrival of a new generation of micro-investors is real.
- Aleks Vickovich
The new balanced fund is taking shape
How is the investment mix changing for the balanced fund while investors are preparing to face inflationary risks?
- Alexandra Cain
Globally, commodities remain a strong sector of support
Equities market investors have to be nimble and avoid knee-jerk reactions to the present volatility.
- Tim Boreham
Young investors plough $1.2b into CommSec Pocket
Commonwealth Bank will integrate CommSec Pocket into its main banking app to lure more Millennial and Gen Z consumers into the sharemarket.
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- Aleks Vickovich
