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Edition 175

  • 30 September 2016

‘Shorting’ securities, or selling by borrowing the stock, has a poor reputation, and is often blamed for driving down share prices. Roger Montgomery argues that with many companies facing disruption and overvalued share prices, it’s an important technique and is now so common it should be considered ‘mainstream’.

Make alternatives mainstream and don’t be sold short

Disruption across many industries often makes it easier to pick the losers than the winners. Short-selling can play an important and legitimate role in an investment portfolio, although it continues to attract criticism.

Four ways to avoid super death benefit taxes

Superannuation death benefits paid to adult children can incur a heavy tax impost, but there are strategies available to avoid paying more tax than necessary. It's not always possible to know when you'll die.

Investor sentiment can be highly misleading

Statistics measuring investor sentiment are often flawed but the market's reaction to such statistics is even more misguided. It's likely that shares will be sold more than justified when rates rise.

Decarbonisation, energy storage and efficiency

Renewable energy production is growing due to technology driving significant cost reductions and improvements in energy efficiency. Carbon reduction targets, tax schemes and our social conscience also help.

Is it time for an SMSF rethink on deposits?

Australian bank liquidity regulations are continuing to tighten, adversely affecting access to cash and the ability of SMSFs to earn the same returns from bank deposits as individuals.

Liquid asset benefits agriculture and the environment

Impact investing is no passing fad, with an estimated $32 billion to be invested over the next decade in Australia alone. This article looks at just one example of an impact investment, the Balanced Water Fund.

The opportunities in global equities for Australian investors

An article written for the Australian Shareholders' Association's October 2016 edition of 'Equity' on SMSF use of global equities and the wide range of opportunities readily available.

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