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Consolidating your superannuation takes a handful of clicks on the MyGov website. And yet many - including yours truly - put it off, pouring money down the drain through excess fees. Much of this has to do with basic human nature. "It's a little ... More

There is an old saying in the music business: "You can make a killing, you just can't make a living." This could be said of many perceived "glamour" industries, but exploring the psychological drivers behind why so many people in these industries ... More

When I was young, living on a farm in central NSW, my family had a faded green Valiant station wagon. Each Sunday on the way home from church, my siblings and I would sit in the boot of the car with the back window wound down as dad tore through the ... More

We regularly hear about manipulation in relationships. Gaslighting, a tactic that pushes victims to question their reality, seems to be trending everywhere as one of the most callous forms. Yet there is another kind that people need to aware of because ... More

We humans are a strange breed when it comes to investment. Over the summer months, I had a stack of people asking about the big drop in the sharemarket in the November to January period and even more about the fall in property values in many parts of ... More

A well-known saying in the sharemarket is " sell in May and go away ". That advice is based on the idea that share prices are likely to dip after May for several months before rising again in November through to April. In the US, several researchers ... More

Money is just a "thing" - a man-made construct created simply to help us trade goods and services and help describe the value of other "things". But it's not really just a thing, is it? It's so much more. As we grow up, our family's financial status ... More

The last time I sat down to sort out my tax affairs for my accountant I was shocked at how often I'd traded shares over the past two years. I'm still not sure why I was such an active trader but after reading a paper on investor bias from Russell ... More

Follow these four key steps to tame your inner ape and help you stick to your financial resolutions With a few days' holiday in January and time to clear our minds, many of us articulated some resolutions that were made with good intentions. But now ... More

Q. We have an SMSF and have been reluctant to invest in the stock market. We actually don't know how to get started in investing . Are there simple guidelines to follow and what percentage of funds would you suggest to invest? - Rob A. Goodness, Rob ... More