The online age has heralded a new era of warfare, which pits not only sovereign nations against one another, but also cyber criminals against businesses, individuals, and their intellectual property.
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With interest rates in low single digits, yield-hungry investors face the challenge of finding investment strategies that offer a satisfactory level of income. BetaShares’ Michael Brown has some suggestions.
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With almost 60% of Australia currently in lockdown, and working and learning remotely, companies providing cloud computing software have been critical in allowing us some level of normality.
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With sustainability becoming ever more crucial, Alex Cook from BetaShares explores the development and use of EVs, the outlook for the industry and its importance to the global ESG effort.
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Looking at headline returns is a great way to quickly ascertain how much your portfolio has increased or decreased in a certain timeframe, but there are certain caveats to keep in mind.
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Since the U.S. presidential election on 3 November 2020, the S&P 500 has staged the best performance for a new president since Franklin D. Roosevelt. BetaShares’ Jeremy Benson has a look why.
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With it getting ever harder to generate income from your portfolio, investors may need to look to other asset classes to increase yields. Tony Pattison from BetaShares has some suggestions.
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Alex Holmes from BetaShares reflects on how the growth / value rotation has played out and in particular how U.S. growth stocks have performed so far during 2020.
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Michael Brown from BetaShares revisits his article from last year that looked at some interesting data for total ASX ETF net flows across asset classes and updates it for 2021.
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Factor investing is an investment approach that involves targeting specific drivers of return across asset classes. Isaak Walkom from BetaShares explains more on the concept.
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In the vast universe of investment approaches, perhaps the largest divide is between growth investors and value investors. But why not be both, asks Adam O’Connor from BetaShares.
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As indexing strategies continue to gain significant inflows from all types of investors, the scrutiny of the methodologies underlying indices (and ETFs that aim to track them) has intensified considerably.
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After some torrid years, with the TOPIX nearly halving, things finally seem to be looking up for the Japanese market. Max Minack from BetaShares explains why.
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The adoption of the cloud is arguably one of the most significant business transformations we have seen since the early days of the world wide web. Blair Modica from BetaShares explains why.
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Alex Cook from BetaShares examines the role robotics and A.I. have played not only in developing a vaccine but also in its distribution.
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Are there strategies an investor can take advantage of when certain sector valuations come into question? BetaShares’ Alex Holmes offers three ways of doing so.
Read MoreWhilst interest rates are at record lows and are likely to remain there for several years, should you be taking advantage of the current market environment by investing in property or investing in the sharemarket?
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Alistair Mills from BetaShares gives some thoughts on how to potentially turn risks into opportunities using ETFs.
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Buying your kids the new PlayStation 5 for Christmas? If you had invested the cost in ETFs five years ago, what would be the value of your Christmas gift today?
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COVID-19 and its impacts have been felt across the globe, and as we approach year’s end, promising developments in the race for a vaccine dominate the news.
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A well-diversified portfolio can assist with reducing volatility and enhancing performance returns.
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The global ETF industry continued its recovery in Q3 from the market turmoil earlier this year, breaking the US$7T barrier in August before retreating slightly in September as asset values fell.
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It pays to be diversified – and 2020 has been no exception. The Australian small cap market offers breadth and opportunity for those investors willing to accept the risk that comes with an investment in a basket of small companies.
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With the U.S. Presidential election now less than a week away, many investors are currently considering how the potential result could impact their portfolios.
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On 4 March 2020, we launched the BetaShares S&P/ASX Australian Technology ETF (ASX: ATEC), the first ETF focused on providing access to Australia’s fast-growing technology sector. ATEC offers exposure to a diversified portfolio of dynamic ASX-listed tech players such as Xero, Afterpay, Seek, WiseTech Global and carsales.com.
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As we enter the second half of 2020, it’s clear that the steady sharemarket rise of the last 10 years has ended, and we are in a new time of volatility and uncertainty. Following the historic market sell-off in Q1 and subsequent recovery in Q2, markets have largely laid flat and trended sideways for the past few weeks.
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