Should we borrow $500,000 and invest it in shares?

Should we borrow $500,000 and invest it in shares?

Borrowing to invest is certainly a key wealth creation strategy,but it all comes down to your appetite for risk.

  • byPaul Benson

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Will I regret never buying a house and just investing instead?

Will I regret never buying a house and just investing instead?

On the numbers,there’s seemingly an easy answer to your question. But can you really place a value on a roof over your head?

  • byPaul Benson
Wall Street is changing its trade clocks. Here’s how it could cost you

Wall Street is changing its trade clocks. Here’s how it could cost you

The US and three other countries are halving the time for settling deals from two days to one. That will increase costs,and make it harder for international investors to buy into the world’s largest economy.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
The existential threat to bitcoin
Opinion
Bitcoin

The existential threat to bitcoin

Last week’s halving of the supply of new bitcoins and the consequential halving of revenue to the cryptocurrency’s miners raises big questions for its future.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
Eager investors push Australian ETF market to near $200 billion
Analysis
Analysis

Eager investors push Australian ETF market to near $200 billion

The Australian-listed ETF market has almost doubled in value during the past three years,partially due to a strong showing from bitcoin-linked funds.

  • byJohn Collett
Why young Australians are flocking to US shares to build wealth
Opinion
Investing

Why young Australians are flocking to US shares to build wealth

By the year’s end,American and global shares could account for a combined 70 per cent of younger investors’ portfolios.

  • byNick Nicolaides
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Why you don’t have to be smart to be wealthy

Why you don’t have to be smart to be wealthy

Somehow,we’ve associated ‘clever’,needlessly complex behaviours with accruing wealth. But there’s a big problem with this narrative.

  • byParidhi Jain
Bitcoin is surging. This is why it may not last

Bitcoin is surging. This is why it may not last

Bitcoin is back at record levels,but its time in the sun might be short-lived.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
ETF mania:Investors pour $15b into ‘building block’ investments
Analysis
Investing

ETF mania:Investors pour $15b into ‘building block’ investments

Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are the building block of many investment portfolios and continued to boom in popularity last year.

  • byJohn Collett
Trading platforms look to entice new investors as COVID boom fades
Analysis
Investing

Trading platforms look to entice new investors as COVID boom fades

Share-trading platforms are adding features to win a greater share of the slowing number of new investors.

  • byJohn Collett
With homeownership unreachable,Gen Z are putting their money in shares
Analysis
Analysis

With homeownership unreachable,Gen Z are putting their money in shares

The boom in Gen Z investors is the product of new easy-to-use trading platforms and a growing perception that homeownership is unattainable.

  • byRyan Bourke