In the Media

Future coming up short

Geelong Advertiser - 15 Nov. 14

Australia's Future Fund was put in place to cover unfunded superannuation payments beyond 2020, and the fund has reported excellent returns for the past two years. However, what is there to cheer about when the fund balance appears to still be behind the eight ball? Based on a simple check, and I'm not suggesting it is conclusive, the fund appears to need to generate around $19 billion in the next nine months to achieve the target for the 2015 financial year...

As commodities fall

Daily Telegraph - 10 Nov. 14

As commodities fall and dollar drops, investors look for advice Investors are currently not overly bearish but they are concerned about the market. Why? The Australian economy is in a state of flux because commodities have been falling, the dollar is dropping, and is likely to continue to fall, our banks are facing tighter regulatory requirements, and the market is up one month and down the next, not to mention what is occurring offshore...

Road to Recovery

Herald Sun - 08 Nov. 14

“Some importing companies could be in a bit of strife with the dollar dropping,’’ Wealth Within analyst Janine Cox says. “It's the time to look for quality companies that have reported good results and have rising share prices. If you have all those things lined up that means the big money is getting behind those shares and that’s what investors should look for. “It’s not the time to look for cheap stocks or trying to buy stocks that are falling...

How to Protect Your Money in a Volatile Share Market

Commonwealth Bank - 04 Nov. 14

If you own individual stocks outside the top 100 ASX companies or you’ve bought into companies whose share price has been particularly volatile, your portfolio may not really be geared towards a longer time frame, says Janine Cox, investment analyst at Wealth Within. “A lot of people might be thinking they’re long-term investors because they don’t want to do any work, but actually they have stocks that need to be managed,” she says. Investors who aren’t interested in looking at share prices every day may be better off sticking to larger companies with long histories of steady price growth, Cox adds...

Surviving in an unstable world

Daily Telegraph - 21 Sep. 14

China sends a ripple through the Australian market Recent demonstrations in Hong Kong may be giving you flashbacks of the ill-fated pro-democracy demonstration in 1989, and the infamous Tiananmen Square massacre. You may be asking why I am talking about this, and the answer is that right now we are being bombarded by stories of unrest in the world, and I am being asked how this might impact our market...