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• Ashley Owen analyses 2024-2025: a year of double-digit returns for diversified portfolios

  "2024-2025 was the third straight year of solid double-digit returns for diversified ‘passive’ ETF investors and a standard 70/30 (‘balanced’) fund or ETF portfolio should have returned near 12% after fees. Did yours?" asks Ashley Owen

• Market Monitor: February 2025 snapshot: Trump bump turns into slowdown fears – What moved markets and why?

  "What happened in markets in Feb 2025 and why?" asks  Ashley Owen...talking about the monthly snapshot on global markets for Aussie investors, and the profit reporting season wrap-up plus share price winners & losers.