Where would you invest $10,000 ? We spoke to eight finance experts to find out what they would do with such a windfall. One of the biggest challenges in investing is to not get blown off a well thought out, long-term investment strategy by short-term ...
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If I asked you to walk across a 10m long, 20cm wide plank that is 10cm above the ground, I'm sure you would have no trouble doing it. No one falls off at 10cm. Raise it to 1m and likely this will still be simple enough. Raise it to 2m and you'll probably ...
After the year we've all had in and out of lockdowns, it's understandable that we're bursting at the seams for a well-deserved summer holiday. But before you hit the road, it's important to consider whether your vacant home will be safe and secure while ...
Entrepreneur, adventurer, philanthropist and patriot Dick Smith spent the first lockdown writing his autobiography My Adventurous Life. He says he was hopeless academically, but he became a hugely successful businessman and adventurer. He is particularly ...
In the October issue of Money, I really struggled to answer a question from one of our readers. Mrs Pilay asked me about how to handle money issues with her partner who had dementia. After reading information about this on the many excellent websites ...
Dear Paul, I have kept an eye on you for years, Paul. I am 75 years young, married, with no dependants, and we own our own house. I'm very disappointed with the returns on my term deposit. I feel I should take the plunge into the stockmarket but ...
Plenty of people don't get around to consistently building a nest egg. Self-employed Australians who work in the gig economy or as freelancers, contractors or who run their own business miss out on automatic employer contributions into a superannuation ...
Defined benefit funds are often seen as the holy grail of super, but they do have downsides. Picture this. A prospective employer explains that if you stay with the organisation until age 60, you'll have a guaranteed super-based income in retirement. ...
My son has a disability and may not work, should I top up his super? My 20-year-old son has just been diagnosed with a disability and may not work in the future. Should we put $20 or more a week into his super fund for his retirement age? He's currently ...
Financial abuse of the elderly is on the rise, particularly during pandemic lockdowns. Retirees with houses, superannuation and other assets are an attractive target for greedy relatives or swindlers. Lawyer Katie Binstock is seeing more older people ...
