An optimistic mood, relatively speaking, among Australia's superannuation investors marked the start of 2011, triggered mainly by the solid sharemarket performance of the previous two years. But it has been badly shaken. As we head into 2012, global ...
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For a retail investor with small order volumes who holds shares directly, the impact of a second exchange would be minimal A multi-exchange environment with ultra-high speed trading platforms leads to the proliferation of what are known as "high frequency ...
I'm expecting my kids to work this summer during their school and university holidays. Working teaches them much more than just the value of money. When it is their own money, they are much more careful about how they spend it and hopefully save ...
It is often assumed that simply living in a house or home unit, even if for only a short time, gives you the right to claim it as your principal residence and so get an exemption from capital gains tax. There is, however, a range of other conditions ...
The deeming rate - the rate at which Centrelink assumes you are earning interest on your investments - has recently dropped. Which means now is the time to look for a better rate of return without it impacting your pension payment. The previous deeming ...
The low income earners super contribution (LISC) - worth up to $500 a year for 3.6 million Australians - has been scrapped by the federal government. The benefit was for superannuation fund members who earned $37,000 or less a year and are taxed at ...
Don't you hate it when you're shopping online and find an item that you love from an overseas website but then you discover that it doesn't ship to Australia? Or you might find it ships to Australia but charges more because you're not a local customer. ...
My latest water bill was a shock and I'm told to expect water prices to rise by more than 15% above inflation over the next few years as my supplier upgrades and expands its infrastructure. I admit that my family has become more relaxed about using ...
Interest rates are at a historical low and fixed-rate loans are growing in popularity as borrowers look to lock in before rates do an about-turn and start to go back up. At the moment the average three-year fixed-interest rate is 5.10%, 0.34% lower ...
Giving kids a lump sum of money to help them on their way in life may give you a warm fuzzy feeling (or not) but it is unlikely to boost your pension and you may end up worse off. The rules can be a bit complex but essentially Centrelink counts only ...
