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Tony Featherstone

Tony Featherstone

Tony is a former managing editor of BRW, Shares, Personal Investor, Asset and CFO magazines. He specialises in small listed companies, IPOs, entrepreneurship and innovation and writes a weekly blog for The Sydney Morning Herald/The Age on small companies and entrepreneurs.

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Finding your balance in 2026

Here are three mixed-asset Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) to consider as you engage in portfolio construction and maintenance.

January 12, 2026 · 5 min read
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10 ETF ideas for 2026

While a more defensive stance in portfolios is required, growth opportunities still remain. Amid my expectation for a lower-return, more volatile year for global equities, here are 10 ideas using Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs).

December 18, 2025 · 6 min read
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Two out-of-favour ETFs to watch in 2026

At this time each year, I pore through spreadsheets of the best- and worst-performing stocks and funds, paying extra attention to ETFs that have delivered poor returns over one year and try to understand why. Often, there’s a good reason. Opportunities can abound. Here are two to watch.

December 11, 2025 · 5 min read
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Three infrastructure ideas

Here are the reasons I think higher inflation is here to stay – and how investors can respond by focusing on assets suited to those conditions.

December 4, 2025 · 6 min read
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Is now the time to go more defensive?

My sense is investors will benefit from having more portfolio cash in 2026 and a higher weighting in fixed income. In the past few months, I’ve highlighted cash Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs). This week, my focus turns to fixed-income ETFs and here are two of them.

November 27, 2025 · 6 min read
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Let your profits run

Here are three thematic investing ideas that I believe have further gains ahead this decade.

November 13, 2025 · 5 min read
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How to achieve a reliable and attractive income return

My criteria for income investing is threefold: reputable managers, attractive and reliable gross yield (after franking) and attractive valuations. Here are two yield-focused Listed Investment Companies (LICs) for you to consider,

October 30, 2025 · 6 min read
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Time to take some profits

Here are 5 assets to sell and free up cash – and, of course, buy back later at better prices.

October 23, 2025 · 5 min read

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