Dollar-cost averaging for millennial investors

It's hardly surprisingly that a personal finance article in Forbes magazine places the classic and straightforward investment practice of dollar-cost averaging high among a list of tips to help millennials become better, more disciplined investors in 2017.

Some financial terms explained

  Below are four important financial terms.  They are Transition to Retirement; Pension Phase; Allocated Pensions; and Estate Planning.

Save early, save often

  One of the underlying attributes of Australia's superannuation system is that it starts young adults saving for retirement as soon as they join the workforce.

Government pushes forward with multinational tax measures

  The Australian government has introduced legislation to Parliament to implement a new string of tax measures to prevent multinationals from profit shifting.

Jump-start your retirement savings

  Unfortunately, many people would reach their mid-fifties and conclude that their savings are not on track to finance a satisfactory lifestyle in retirement. 

What recent retirees can teach pre-retirees

  Frank Sinatra's My Way probably hasn't been among the karaoke top 100 for years. Yet its signature lyrics, "regrets, I've had a few", will certainly resonate with all of us – including recent retirees.

New Year (investment) resolutions

  An astute way to begin a new year is to take a close look at your personal finances - including your super and non-super investment portfolios and your retirement-saving strategies - and to think about what improvements should be made.

What a long-term view of the market can teach investors

  The curtain coming down on another year has a way of focusing the mind on how time is passing. 

Your New Year reading: beyond John Grisham

  Behavioural economist and psychologist Daniel Kahneman has begun 2017 by retaining his place near the top of The New York Times best-seller list, wedged among the latest John Grisham legal thriller, The Whistler, and the psychological thriller The girl on the train by Paula Hawkins.

Market Update – August 2016

  Report supplied by Zenith Investment Partners