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Investing in Emerging Markets
With the developed world expected to have low growth for some time, it would make sense to invest in the parts of the world that are still growing rapidly. These countries are called the emerging markets and some of the best performing markets are close to home, probably countries many Australians have visited for their [...]
International shares – which ones are outperforming?
In my humble opinion, allocating some of your funds to invest in international shares is a good idea for any SMSF. Most large super funds do offer exposure to international shares but most SMSFs prefer to hold Australian shares only. One of the favourite investments for SMSFs are “blue chip” Australian shares but when you [...]
Hybrid Securities Part 3 – Preference shares
Many thanks to Dean Greacen from SMSF Investor for today’s post. Dean will be sharing with us a series of posts on Hybrid Securities, which could be a great investment for SMSFs seeking high yield with capital growth. A preference share is a type of equity interest which has preferential rights over ordinary shares. The company’s [...]
Hybrid Securities Part 2 – Convertible notes
Many thanks to Dean Greacen from SMSF Investor for today’s post. Dean will be sharing with us a series of posts on Hybrid Securities, which could be a great investment for SMSFs seeking high yield with capital growth. Convertible Notes are debt instruments that may be converted to an equity holding at a future date. [...]
Hybrid Securities Part 1 – what are they and what are the risks?
Many thanks to Dean Greacen from SMSF Investor for today’s post. Dean will be sharing with us a series of posts on Hybrid Securities, which could be a great investment for SMSFs seeking high yield with capital growth. Hybrid securities have the characteristics of both debt and equity and the enormous growth of hybrid securities [...]
Alternative Investments 2 – Exchange Traded Funds
In my earlier blog on April 30, I talked about using Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) to gain exposure to gold and silver without the hassle of having to store the physical commodity. ETFs can be used to gain targeted exposure to a class of investments while maintaining diversification to manage individual company risk. For example, after [...]
Alternative Investments 1 – Gold and other precious metals
Diversify portfolio with other asset classes. Our first alternative investment was precious metals.
