One of my grandmothers was a self-funded retiree in a capital city who took an active interest in her investments. The other lived in a small country town and survived fortnight-to-fortnight on the age pension. Let's call them Rich Nan and Poor ...
In recent years consumer groups have called for internet services to be regulated in the same way as water, gas and electricity. On the surface this makes sense, especially as more utility providers bundle their services on the one bill. The case for ...
Young people are less likely to buy a home than they were in the past, new research by the Arc Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research (CEPAR) shows. UNSW Sydney senior research fellow and lead author Rafal Chomik says the findings are in ...
Generating a 33% return in 10 weeks is the stuff of dreams, even for the top echelon of active traders. Yet this time it wasn't the achievement of a top professional trader. That honour goes instead to Daniel Goh, a Year 11 economics student at ...
For the first time ever, Australia's household-debt-to-income has exceeded 190% after roughly tripling since the late 1980s. This means the average Australian household is holding debt that's almost double their disposable income. The fact is ...
Most people know they can earn big from bonus offers on points-earning credit cards and from shopping rewards like flybuys, where you can leverage petrol and grocery spending towards points. But there are plenty of other methods to earn points. From ...
Q. I am a 56-year-old engineer who has a $400,000 mortgage via an interest-only loan and $70,000 in credit card debt. My 49-year-old wife works part-time on $20,000pa and we have two children, six and eight. My credit card debt accumulated via repeated ...
The rise of exchange traded funds (ETFs) has democratised investing. Now a retail investor like you or me can get global diversification (previously only available to large institutional investors) in a single trade. In the 26 years since ETFs launched ...
You're not alone if your approach to Christmas shopping is haphazard at best. After all, no one ever really intends to leave it to the last minute. But somewhere between end of year deadlines, school nativity plays and the office Christmas party ...
Considering the RBA is running out of conventional monetary policy ammunition, the decision to hold the cash rate at the historic low of 0.75% was widely anticipated. The decision to keep rates on hold was supported by the latest labour market and inflation ...
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