If you have your retirement savings with a superannuation fund, to what extent should you tinker with the investments? Most funds allow you to choose your investments from a line-up of options. What's more, you are free to switch at any time. Funds ...
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Living off a low super account balance in retirement can be a daunting prospect. It's one that baby boomers dread, having entered the workforce long before compulsory super was introduced. Many are far short of the $640,000 a couple are estimated ...
Millennials have an invaluable tool at their disposal: it's time. As investors, which they all are thanks to compulsory super, they have long time horizons, can afford to invest in higher-return options, take advantage of market cycles and therefore ...
Technology stocks have staged a rebound this year in US markets and elsewhere around the globe. It's not too late for investors to ride the tech boom as growth will inevitably continue, driven by the digital evolution of economies, businesses and ...
Q. I am a 48-year-old relief teacher who works only one or two days a week, and I'm on Centrelink benefits. I own my own home outright and have only about $85,000 super in a growth fund and little in savings. My father recently passed away and I ...
Confession time. I love a good spring clean. Not just the "dust and tidy" variety, but a good old "pull everything out, scrub everything clean and only put back what you want in an ordered way" type of clean. My wife often takes a deep breath when I ...
Owning a home has long been hailed as the great Australian dream. But with property prices rising again, millions of renters are concerned that home ownership will remain just that - a dream. Recent survey data from Finder shows that a third (34%) of ...
The superannuation guarantee has been with us for over 25 years, and while it has benefited many people one group has remained on the fringes of the super system - casual workers. That's thanks to one of the basic rules of super, whereby employers ...
In the face of global uncertainty and heightened volatility the All Ordinaries Index has shown resilience given that it has risen consistently from mid-August gaining around 309 points or 4.78%. This is a positive sign for investors with many now optimistic ...
The statistics are damning when it comes to women and super. They retire with 47% less super than men and a third retire in poverty. There are many reasons for this dismal outcome: the pay gap (women working full time earn 18% less than men) and women ...
