How to make the right financial choices
WE are bombarded with financial choices every day and new investment products pop up regularly, so how do you pick the right place for your money?
Wealth
Make a budget without deprivation
BY this time next month the federal treasurer will have delivered his first budget but there’s no reason for households to wait until then to tackle their own.
It’s raining, have a million dollars
YOU’D be singing in the rain too if you win a new lottery which will pay out up to a million dollars if you can correctly predict the weather.
Brit linked to North Korea nukes?
A BANKER who lived in North Korea for 20 years set up a firm “used by the state in its quest for nuclear weapons”, papers show.
North Korea’s latest obsession
IT’S not what you’d expect to find people sipping on in Pyongyang, but North Korea is obsessed with a luxury drink.
Five things to know about Panama Papers
CONFUSED by the Panama Papers link? Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered.
Find out your credit card personality
CREDIT cards are like clothes — not all types suit all bearers. Work out the right card for your lifestyle and you will be better off.
The billion dollars we just forgot about
AUSTRALIANS have a fortune sitting in forgotten life insurance, shares and bank accounts, the federal government has revealed.
Serious savers outweigh big spenders
LOW interest rates have not put us off wanting to save with most of us increasing the amount we have squirrelled away over the past year.
Cut the cost of money advice
FINANCIAL advice is not just for people with piles of money, and knowing what you need is key to not spending more than you should.
What the mega-rich say you must have
IT ISN’T enough to just be rich anymore. There is only one way to cement your status in the upper echelons of society.
Be careful giving cash to adult kids
WE’RE living longer and spending more, and some adult children are seeking greater financial help, so how do parents balance their risks and rewards?
Alternative investments are taking off
FANCY a stake in an airport, gas plant, overseas skyscraper or foreign corporate debt? Alternatives are a growing trend for investors.
How much property is enough?
SOME property experts think you need 10 or a dozen properties to retire comfortably on real estate investments, but don’t believe it.
Build a home loan to suit your budget
BUILDING yourself a home loan to get the best possible deal takes time and care if you plan to save yourself some serious dollars.
Homeless man’s Audi smashed up
A ‘HOMELESS’ man who was caught getting into a plush Audi sports car after a day of begging has been given a taste of karma.
Billionaire’s sister misses exotic life
SHE’S one of the world’s youngest billionaires and a self-confessed “daddy’s girl”. But she says she’s doing it tough.
Avoid a family fight over money
BATTLES over deceased estates are getting bigger and bloodier as blended families, longer lifespans, and rising property and superannuation values spark contested wills.
Is this cultural icon losing its cool?
JAY-Z and Beyonce use it and Kanye West thinks it’s cool enough to put in his songs, but it looks like this status symbol accessory is on the way out.
‘I made $58K selling old clothes on eBay’
LAURA Rose is living the high life after making $58,000 from selling her old clothes on eBay. Here’s how she did it.
Savvy deals that made stars filthy rich
A HANDFUL of savvy actors negotiated incredibly lucrative back-end deals for movies which left them laughing all the way to the bank.
‘Retired in our 30s with millions’
THEY didn’t win the Powerball, rob a bank or go Breaking Bad. But this ordinary couple managed to retire in their thirties with millions.
Shares shrug off gloom and doom
SHARE prices have been volatile and weak but the income paid by many of Australia’s major companies continues to climb and ease the pain.
If we lose cash, we lose the power
AUSTRALIANS are rapidly turning away from cash, but without it, they will be consequences we may not be prepared for.
Beware the gender leave gap
MORE than twenty per cent of working women have no access to paid leave, with employment entitlements emerging as another casualty of the widening gender pay gap.
The Aussies giving away millions
AUSTRALIA’S biggest philanthropists include some mega names of business, many of whom shun the limelight. So who are they?
Unemployed, retired, or in need of cash? Here’s the job for you
WHETHER you like cat sitting or car driving the sharing economy has a job for you and often require little or no training.
How to trim your tax bill
GIVING away money needlessly is not something most Australians enjoy, yet many do it every year to the ATO. This is what you’re doing wrong.
Someone is about to lose $87m
THERE is just one day remaining for someone to claim a winning lotto ticket, with a bizarre twist just hours before the deadline.
Exec pays hitman not to kill him
A BUSINESSMAN whose father-in-law allegedly put a hit out on him says he is just glad to be alive, after giving the would-be killer $70,000 to spare his life.
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