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The financial services gravy trail will derail
Industry lobbying recently had another win over consumers. Around Christmas the government announced its intention to soften proposed new laws around financial advice and in doing so, continue to...
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Banks brace for tornado of disruption
Australia’s banks are the most profitable on Earth, five times more profitable than Britain’s and 12 times more than German banks, a new report from BIS revealed this week. On average, every adult...
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Your greatest enemy is yourself
The last thirty years have seen huge advancements in behavioural finance research. This field combines psychology with economics to help understand why investors make irrational investment decisions....
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5 Smart Super Tips
Your superannuation statement is due in the mail imminently but if you’re like most people, chances are you barely give it a second thought. That decision could cost you hundreds of thousands of...
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3 lessons on diversification
The last month has offered 3 great lessons on the importance of diversification. While the Australian market fell 5.3% over the period, the Stockspot portfolios experienced significantly smaller falls...
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What the Murray FSI Report means for super & technology
Superannuation and technology were two key areas of change recommended by the Murray FSI Report which both have the potential to benefit consumers to the tune of tens of billions of dollars in savings....
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Investing in the digital age: Technology and Robo-advice
Technology has played a huge role in disrupting many industries, transforming the products and services available to consumers and the way they access them. The music industry has gone through many...
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More sieve, less cake: how the banks nab your wealth
Fairfax journalists Adele Ferguson and Ruth Williams have exposed yet another financial planning scandal, this time involving the National Australia Bank (NAB). Just as the Commonwealth Bank was...
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Expert help with your investment portfolio
While investing can be a rewarding hobby for some people, most Australians find the prospect of managing their own investment portfolio risky, time consuming and emotionally exhausting. It used to...
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Is your Super in a Fat Cat Fund?
Stockspot has been actively campaigning to raise awareness of poor fund performance since 2013 when we published our first report into 496 of Australia’s largest managed funds, finding that 45% of...
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