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Sept 2023

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Australian shares Investment & Wealth MgmtAsset allocation, portfolio construction
‘Frankly my dear . . . we need to include Franking Credits in reporting and portfolio planning’

Franking credits on dividends on Australian shares can add more than 1% per year to returns for Australian shareholders. But many professionals don’t include the value of franking credits in their clients’ returns – either historical, or forecast.

Ashley Owen Sep 26, 2023
Investment bubbles/busts, cyclesInvestment & Wealth MgmtManaged funds
Warren Buffett: world’s greatest investor, but even he lost it 20 years ago.

Many readers wanted me to back up by bold claim that even the best investor in the world – Warren Buffet – suffered from the same disease that plagues every other successful fund manager in the world - fading out-performance over time.

Ashley Owen Sep 24, 2023
Asset allocation, portfolio constructionInvestment & Wealth MgmtManaged funds
Few active fund managers add value. But even value-adding managers almost always fade over time.

Many active fund managers start out well, but they all peak early in their careers, and then it is all downhill from there. Even for the best in the world.   Here are 20 actual fund examples, plus 15 reasons for inevitable fund performance fade (the causes are different for every fund), and how to spot them in time.

Ashley Owen Sep 21, 2023
Asset allocation, portfolio constructionInvestment & Wealth MgmtManaged funds
Most active fund managers continue to destroy value and line their pockets with your money

Over the year to June 2023, active managed funds in Australia destroyed $4.5 billion in wealth from retail investors. Half of this was a straight transfer of wealth from the pockets of innocent investors to the pockets of fund managers. The other half was genuine wealth destruction through incompetence.

Ashley Owen Sep 18, 2023
Australian economyCommodities & MiningChinaExports, trade
China builds another ‘Sydney CBD’ every 3 days – with our rocks!

Property construction has been the largest component of China’s incredible economic growth this century, and also the largest contributor to Australia’s export revenues, government tax receipts, corporate profits, and national wealth.

Ashley Owen Sep 15, 2023
Population, demographics, immigrationAustralian economyWealth, Inequality
Where are You on the Income Tax Pyramid? 42% of adults pay no tax!

It’s tax return time in Australia. As we fill in our tax returns and pay our taxes, we often wonder – Am I paying too much tax? Am I paying my ‘fair share?’ What is a ‘fair share’, anyway?

Ashley Owen Sep 11, 2023
Asset classes, asset class returnsAsset allocation, portfolio construction
Aussie retirement funds have highest ‘growth/defensive’ asset mix in the world. Is this higher risk?

What is the best or ideal asset allocation for long term investment funds, including retirement/pension funds?

Ashley Owen Sep 08, 2023
Stock stories
Qantas – My adventure with the over-geared, over-protected, cash-less bird!

This is the story of my adventure with Qantas shares – and proof that the ‘Bigger Fool’ theory works! Media headlines writers are having a field day with all the recent dramas surrounding Qantas.

Ashley Owen Sep 06, 2023
InflationEconomics
"Sticky Inflation", Productivity, Housing, Commodities boom/bust + "What's keeping the AUD down?"

Here is our quick snapshot of Australian and US share markets, short-term interest rates, bond yields, and the AUD

Ashley Owen Sep 04, 2023
Stock market crashesInvestment bubbles/busts, cyclesAustralian shares Recessions
ASX reporting season in 4 charts - $40b wiped off profits! - where did it go, and why?

August is the main full-year reporting season for Australian listed companies, as most companies have June reporting years. For ASX100 companies that reported their June full-year results in August, total profits fell by one third from $116b to $76b.

Ashley Owen Sep 01, 2023

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