Hot tips

by Tim Hewson, Investments Manager RaboDirect

Tim shares his hot tips on investing, opinions and commentary
on what's happening in the market.

Tim Hewson

2010 Hot Tips

13 December, 2010

It’s a new year, so why not take a fresh approach?

In past Hot Tips, I have touched on the benefits of many other strategies that can help investors to navigate volatile market conditions and to preserve capital.

29 July, 2010

Dampening Volatility with Managed Funds

Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the market, Europe’s sovereign debt problems have reignited the GFC jitters and dragged the global markets back into a state of flux.

10 June, 2010

The four little PIGS

As Europe’s sovereign debt grows, here are my tips to help you choose an investment when the market remains unpredictable.

9 April, 2010

Black Swans, Fat Tails and the Golden Goose

If the Global Financial Crisis taught us anything, it's that Black Swans and Fat Tails are real. Catastrophic, unexpected, unpredictable, unprecedented, non-normal and outlier market events can and will occur.

RaboDirect Blog

19 December, 2011

Getting your SMSF right helps keep the tax man happy.

With RaboDirect’s recent launch of its Online Self Managed Superannuation Fund (SMSF) Service, I suspect it won’t be too long before many initial enquiries convert across to new SMSF funds. The SMSF arena is the fastest growing area of superannuation in Australia and there’s nothing on the horizon to suggest it will slow any time soon.

25 July, 2011

The pitfalls and the positives of auto-rolling term deposits

If you are a fan of term deposits (TDs) with their guaranteed rates and fixed terms, you may well be choosing to, either consciously or unconsciously, ‘auto-roll’ (re-invest) your investment when it matures. This means that when you took out a TD investment, you agreed to let your bank (or other TD provider) reinvest that money into another investment of the same term if you don’t notify them to the contrary before maturity.

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