Informative read James Gruber Morningstar Australia FirstlinksAus the need for a PLAN #Finance #investing #Investment #life - just #GetaPlan firstlinks.com.au/designing-a-li…

Larry Fink Larry Fink BlackRock talks #investing #Finance we listen FirstlinksAus James Gruber firstlinks.com.au/worlds-largest…

OMG We all should have a read of this in regards #tarriffwar and #investing #Finance “I believe that the last 80 yrs since WW2 have been the best economic period in the history of mankind via growth of trade” BUT FirstlinksAus Howard Marks Oaktree firstlinks.com.au/howard-markets…

Great article by FirstlinksAus GrowMyMoney highlighting the gender #wealth #financial #superannuation #retirement gap in Australia - a systemic issue driven by a range of factors: firstlinks.com.au/the-state-of-w…

In #Bond investing #Duration measures how sensitive a bond’s price is to interest rate changes, factoring in the timing of all payments. The higher the duration, the more a bond's price will move via int rate changes FirstlinksAus firstlinks.com.au/duration-frien…

#Housing #property in Australia - it's all about #supply and #demand with the latter far outstripping the number of new #homes being built. FirstlinksAus This guy Michael Matusik always makes sense: firstlinks.com.au/key-factors-be…

The rubbery numbers behind #super #tax concessions? “Individuals often require more than a doubling/tripling of current consumption to defer gratification 4 a decades.” D Laibson Quarterly Journal of Economics (1997) #superannuation #div296 FirstlinksAus firstlinks.com.au/the-rubbery-nu…

The $3m #superannuation tax - What factors are behind the policy and are more taxes on the Aussie wealthy coming? #Div296 Gr8 hindsight James Gruber Morningstar Australia morningstar.com.au/personal-finan…

Plenty of reasons why rates will remain higher in the long run afr.com/markets/debt-m…

Innovation / #disruption - what goes around comes around..... #Google has been forced to disrupt itself with its own #AI engine, #Gemini GR8 Article by Australia's best #disruption #investor #investing Loftus Peak Alex Pollak via FirstlinksAus firstlinks.com.au/google-facing-…

WTF - Being written off Warren Buffett as a has-been? Time will tell if his detractors are proven wrong but it got James Gruber Morningstar, Inc. thinking about Buffett’s #legacy and whether we’ll see another #investor like him? FirstlinksAus firstlinks.com.au/welcome-firstl…

THOUGHT PROVOKING Best way to get #rich and #retire early James Gruber FirstlinksAus Our Favourite - ur own #enterprise firstlinks.com.au/the-best-way-t…

"Animal spirits are roaring, and strong momentum has pushed both valuations and signs of speculation to risky levels": GMO

Goldman's latest (still very early) analysis of tariff effects thru June 2025: -Foreign exporters absorbed 14% of US tariffs -US companies ate 64% -US consumers ate 22% -Protected US companies also raised prices -Consumers will see bigger price increases (70%) thru the Fall

New book, A Richer Retirement: Supercharging the 4% Rule to Spend More and Enjoy More. Bill Bengen has refined his research and come up with fresh #financial #strategies to ensure people get the most out of their #retirement James Gruber FirstlinksAus firstlinks.com.au/supercharging-…

Consumer Confidence ANZ Australia Roy Morgan increased 2pts to 88.0 this week & is now 4.9 points above the same week a year ago, August 26 – September 1, 2024 (83.1), but 1.2pts above the 2025 weekly average of 86.8 mixed results with Consumer Confidence up in NSW WA down in Vic.

We have been blessed over the past decades’ #investment returns had been strong, via low inflation and falling interest rates which have been good for markets and in particular growth assets. What does the Future hold? FirstlinksAus Shane Oliver firstlinks.com.au/why-super-retu…

A so-called #investment #S&P500 three-peat is unusual. But there was almost a five-peat in the late 1990s. Two more years, or two more weeks? #Markets #investing #finance #BullMarket AXA axa-im.com.au/investment-ins…

A James Gruber summary of Warren Buffett last letter to shareholders as Berkshire Hathaway CEO, due 2 step down as CEO at year-end though will stay on as Chairman. "The final letter is a beauty, his best in some time". FirstlinksAus #investing #Finance firstlinks.com.au/warren-buffett…

Always a gr8 weekend read FirstlinksAus James Gruber and long-term data guiding investment decisions + Noel Whittaker Regal Funds Management #RG1 talking #shares VS #property firstlinks.com.au/welcome-firstl…