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Buy, hold, sell: This year’s hottest global stocks
Two fund managers share their thoughts on 2022’s hottest global stocks, and discuss how they are fitting decarbonisation into their investment process.
- Opinion
- Investing
China’s 2022 growth should be ‘good enough’
While better growth from stimulus is positive for cyclical support for the global economy, it puts the country into yet another year of debt build-up.
- Gerwin Bell
- Opinion
- Sharemarket
PE ratios not as important as you think
The rise of intangible assets on balance sheets is one key reason many professional investors argue the commonly used valuation measure is no longer useful.
- James Weir
The movers and shakers at Rafael Nadal’s long night
It takes stamina to play tennis for five and-a-half hours. But have you tried networking for that long?
- Myriam Robin
How this billionaire went from hero to villain
Leon Cooperman has made $3.6 billion, but was born to poor immigrant parents on the losing end of a capitalist economy. So why is he being vilified?
- Eli Saslow
- Opinion
- SMSFs
Should I keep my SMSF going?
These are the sorts of questions older DIY fund members need to ask to help them make well-informed decisions.
- Ben Smythe
Wealthiest Australians
- Exclusive
- Funding
Young Rich Lister Dany Milham scores $75m for Milkrun from Tiger
Eight months after starting the business, Koala’s Dany Milham has raised a $75 million round for his grocery delivery business Milkrun.
- Yolanda Redrup
Broke Rich Lister owes $10m to HK billionaire ‘friend’
Michael King, former boss of funds management outfit MFS, went bankrupt last month. New documents show who he owes money to, including a stallion-breeding billionaire.
- Liam Walsh
- Exclusive
- Property development
Harry Triguboff reaches truce with working from home
The comments by the veteran developer are the clearest recognition that the world of work will not go back to its pre-pandemic norm.
- Michael Bleby and Joanna Mather
Yesterday
- Opinion
- Inheritance
How a new spouse can inherit without excluding your kids
A testamentary life interest trust can be useful if you want your assets to be available to a surviving partner but, after their death, to go to children from a previous marriage.
- Michael Hutton
January
The rich and the mighty at the Barty Party
Those lucky enough to attend the Barty Party at the 2022 Australian Open women’s final were treated to a thrilling night of tennis, played in front of one of the most enthusiastic crowds seen in years.
- Myriam Robin
10 long reads for the weekend
Is crypto the 21st century tulip bulb bubble?; how investors can navigate a world of rising risk; and how to cook one of Sydney’s most popular dishes. Have a great AFR weekend.
- Opinion
- Cryptocurrencies
Is crypto the 21st century tulip bulb bubble?
The history of financial crises teaches us several lessons that call into question the prospective durability of both crypto and decentralised finance.
- Christopher Joye
Reverse migration as sea and tree changers head back to the cities
Many workers swept up in the COVID-19 move out of the nation’s major cities are reconsidering their options and deciding it is time to return.
- Duncan Hughes
Be wary of buying the dip in tech stocks
The sell-off in tech shares has provided a window of opportunity for investors, but strategists warn it might be too soon to go bargain hunting.
- Alex Gluyas
- Opinion
- SMSFs
Seven lessons for investors from Dixon’s demise
Nice guys aren’t always good guys and there are a few lessons we can take to avoid being vulnerable to an adviser intent on profiting from, not for, you.
- Jonathan Shapiro
10 tips for wealth when inflation starts to rise
Investment experts offer advice on managing your portfolio as interest rates go up and liquidity falls.
- Duncan Hughes
How the takeover king of the 1980s came undone
John Spalvins controlled the biggest industrial group in Australia at the end of the decade but it all came crashing down.
- Andrew Clark
- Opinion
- Monetary policy
The Fed policy error that should worry investors
By abandoning a systemic framework for monetary policy, the central bank has spawned an all-asset speculative bubble.
- John Hussman
Jeremy Grantham has an even scarier warning
The US value investor wants to get an even more alarming and urgent message out, one his critics might find harder to accept.
- Erik Schatzker
Billionaire Leon Black accuses Josh Harris of trying to destroy him
Leon Black has escalated his fight against former business partner Josh Harris, naming him as a defendant in a lawsuit that lays bare the bitter battle for control of Apollo Global Management last year.
- Heather Perlberg
How can I top up my super balance as my wife has bulk of SMSF?
A withdrawal and contribution strategy helps even up super pension balances when one member has more. But it doesn’t always work.
- John Wasiliev
- Opinion
- SMSFs
Common SMSF trustee mistakes that will trigger ATO action
The Australian Taxation Office takes a dim view of non-compliance: penalties range from fines to freezing the fund’s assets.
- John Maroney
- Opinion
- Flat Chat
How bad managers put your apartment at risk
The people you pay to look after your property may be more interested in looking after themselves.
- Jimmy Thomson
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Tech valuations are dropping but VC leaders are unfazed
The threat of rate rises has hit the share prices of tech and growth stocks hard in recent months, yet industry titans are relaxed for two reasons.
- James Thomson
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Dixon downfall raises fresh questions about financial advice
Advice firms need to be transparent with clients about all conflicts, so that financial planners maintain the trust on which the wealth industry rests.
- The AFR View
- Opinion
- GDP
Asset inflation decouples global rich from GDP
The expected end of easy money should help bring gross domestic product and net worth back into closer sync.
- The Lex Column
Buy, hold, sell: 10 most-tipped large caps
Two fund managers share their thoughts on 10 top-tipped stocks for the year ahead, and answer the question of what will outperform in 2022: bitcoin or real estate?
- Opinion
- Sharemarket
It’s reasonable to assume equities will return to pre-pandemic peak
With the US Federal Reserve behind the inflation curve, expect six to seven interest rate hikes this year and a torrid time for stocks.
- Christopher Joye
