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June 2024

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Asset classes, asset class returnsAsset allocation, portfolio construction
Another good financial year for lazy investors! How did your returns stack up?

Today's chart shows returns from the main asset classes and sectors for Aussie investors for 2022-3 and 2023-4, including returns from a standard, passive 70/30 'growth' portfolio mix. How did your returns stack up? 

Ashley Owen Jun 30, 2024
Exports, tradeAustralian economyAgricultureCommodities & Mining
RBA Deputy Governor opens speech with my chart!

A bit chuffed this week. RBA Dep Gov opened his keynote speech at a major economic forum - with one of my charts. What does he see as Australia's three main sources of wealth and prosperity (and why they matter in future)? How does he see monetary policy being managed in future? What are his observations on Australia - as a 'Stranger in Paradise'?

Ashley Owen Jun 28, 2024 2
Exchange Traded FundsAsset allocation, portfolio constructionRetirement planning
My '10-4' all-weather ETF portfolio - Intro

This is my '10-4' all-weather ETF portfolio. It's a simple, low-maintenance, low-cost, long-term diversified ETF-based portfolio that I use for my own long-term money, and as a template for discretionary portfolios for thousands of investors over the past 2 decades. It's simple, effective, and it works. 

Ashley Owen Jun 25, 2024 12
Stock storiesBondsAustralian shares
High Yield Debt case study - Virgin Notes

Last week I wrote about the Virgin Airlines disaster for shareholders. That was only half of the story of Virgin's last shot as a listed public company. Here is the other half of the sorry tale - the fate of the buyers and owners of $325m of Vigrin Notes - on the debt side of the balance sheet. It makes a great case study in high-yield / high-risk debt. Are there any new lessons to be learned?  &

Ashley Owen Jun 18, 2024
Stock storiesAustralian shares Investment & Wealth Mgmt
Virgin Airlines round 1: Crash Landing for investors

Virgin Airlines is in the news again. It is being tarted by shifty private equity trickers hoping to lure another batch of gullible investors into parting with their hard-earned cash - again. Before getting into the merits of Round 2, it’s worth taking a look at what happened in Round 1.  What are the lessons from the last sorry tale? Has anything changed?

Ashley Owen Jun 11, 2024
How to not run out of money in retirement - 4 big problems with life expectancy tables

We gotta talk about the ‘D’ word. Our ‘Demise’. (Ok, let’s face it – ‘Death’). Where are you and your family on the Survival Probability Curve? What are the prospects of you living to 100 or beyond? How will you finance it?

Ashley Owen Jun 06, 2024
Australian shares International sharesBondsAsset classes, asset class returnsInflation
May 2024 Snapshot: Inflation, trade wars, but shares stronger. How is your 2023/4 year shaping up?

May 2024 Snapshot: inflation sticky, trade wars escalate, but shares heading for another good year. How is your 2023/4 year shaping up?

Ashley Owen Jun 02, 2024

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