In today’s episode, we break down the history of share markets, focusing on the ASX, to look at how we ended up with the system we currently have. We also look at the makeup of the ASX 100 years ago and how this has changed over time.

In this episode, we will be looking at the economy of the 1970s, the share market correction that occurred and what contributed to this. The aim of this episode is to see if will we experience the same sort of market conditions, or if what we are dealing with is something completely different.

In this episode, we look the pros and cons of both sides of the passive or active investment argument. We review the historical performance of average active manager to the index that they track and explore why they under or overperform.

In this episode, we look at the works of Fama and French. Two men who stated that it is impossible to outperform the market, whilst also providing a later framework to do so.

In this episode, we look at using Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) as a way to gain exposure to real estate investments and compare this to direct property ownership. We go through the pros and cons of this structure and explore where they can fit in to an investment allocation.

In this episode, we answer a question from Jason on how much you need to retire. We look at an article by the ABC on this subject and explore the figures and assumptions used, as well as considerations that need to be taken

In this episode, we answer David’s question about cash assets that held in managed funds or ETFs. We discuss look cash held in unitised investments, look at allocations based around your goals, as well as the opportunity cost of investing in defensive funds.

In this episode, we answer the question from David. We look at bond pricing theory and compare this to when prices of bonds change, before or after interest rate changes are announced.

In this episode, we look at that it is almost impossible to time the exact bottom of the market. However, we look at four indicators to tell when financial markets have been oversold and are become cheap to purchase.