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We are in our early 50s, with two teens still living at home, and we have been paying down our mortgage while topping up our offset account as quickly as possible. We have about $80,000 to go until we no longer pay interest. However, given interest ... More

A slowdown in implant surgeries in China has tempered this year's profit expectations. Cochlear has warned that the coronavirus outbreak in China is starting to affect its bottom line. Guidance for 2020 net profit has been lowered from $290-300m ... More

Q. First, we absolutely love Money magazine and all the great advice it provides for less than the price of a coffee per week. My wife and I are 41 and we're doing okay financially. We have no credit card debt, almost $400,000 in super between us ... More

Dilruk Jayasinha moved from Sri Lanka to Australia to study accounting and worked for one of the Big Four firms before ditching spreadsheets for stand-up. He won the Graham Kennedy Award for Most Popular New Talent at the 2018 Logie Awards for his work ... More

2019 was another bumper year for the Initial Public Offering (IPO) market, returning a whopping 35.2%. But there's a catch - gaining exposure to them is tough. The result shows how under-priced IPOs are compared to their trading prices in the secondary ... More

The S&P/ASX 200 recently hit a new high of 7000 points. It's a big milestone. You will recall it hovered around 6000 for a long time - first hitting that milestone in early 2007 and then finally breaching it again in November 2017. And for the past ... More

Your spending habits in the first five years of retirement will be crucial when it comes to protecting that all important nest egg, new research shows. National Seniors Australia, in partnership with Challenger, found more than half of Australian retirees ... More

This first month of this year is a little different as it marks the start of a new decade, which often brings with it new opportunities although this isn't always the case. So let me ask you - do you want this decade to be like the last or do you ... More

Right now there is a lot of talk that the market is heading for an index squeeze, which has some investors worried about another global financial crisis (GFC) style event occurring. So what is an index squeeze and is index investing a smart way to invest? ... More

Hi Paul, I'm after a suggestion on where to invest my savings. I'm 36 with an income of $139,000 plus super; have $84,000 and $US30,000 ($44,000) in savings; am not married and have no kids. I have no private health insurance and no insurances ... More