In the last few days Opposition Labor Leader Bill Shorten has proposed a radical transformation of dividend imputation. Putting aside his mistaken belief that his voters are “Aussie Battlers”- when in fact they are hard-working small business owners and contractors, many of whom receive franked dividends from their business endeavors – it’s worth looking at what all the fuss is about… Continue…

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In this interview with Ross Greenwood on Money News I discussed how important dividends are to investors these days and is there a mistake in going for the highest dividend yielding stocks?

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On International Women’s Day last week, Sheryl Sandberg launched a new #MentorHer campaign. Mentoring is something I’ve done voluntarily both formally and informally for a number of years. It can be enormously gratifying and this campaign got me thinking about why it’s so important. Continue…

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In this week’s video insight David compares Australia’s top five businesses to the global top five and provides various observations. Interestingly, there are only three non-American businesses in the global top ten. Do you have enough global equities exposure in your portfolio?

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) is no longer the stuff off sci-fi movies. From SIRI to self-driving vehicles, it’s now part of everyday life. So far, we’ve mainly seen the benefits. But many experts are warning that, unless society takes control of the technology, the downside could be massive. Continue…

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In the nine months since June 2017, the share price of Kogan (ASX: KGN), Australia’s online retailer, has soared by almost 460 per cent.  But is this Amazon style company now over-priced?  For an answer to that, look no further than the recent stock sales by KGN directors. Continue…

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