TRUSTS

Providing a bit of extra help

Kate Jones Special trusts allow parents to ensure financial security for their disabled children, writes Kate Jones.

HEALTH YOUR WEALTH

Your health is your wealth

Alexandra Cain Which private health funds give the best rebates?

ASK NOEL

Get parents' help to buy shares

Noel Whittaker I'm in Year 12 and have saved 75 per cent of my earnings for the past three years. Should I buy shares?

INSIGHT

What's good for the US is good for us

Gareth Hutchens How important is the United States' recovery for Australia?

PLANNING

Finance basics to get you started

Mark Bouris Five things you really need to know about your finances.

YOUR QUESTIONS

Releasing equity in your home

George Cochrane Please advise on reverse mortgages for self-funded retirees. Would our pension be affected?

Rising dollar tells a good-news story

David Potts There hasn't been a peep out of the Reserve Bank lately about the rising dollar, except for saying it is high by historic standards.

ASK NOEL

Selling for the kids

Noel Whittaker We plan to sell a block of land valued at $300,000, and inherit $500,000. How can we give some of this to our kids?

GOVT SUBSIDIES

TV's $1 billion subsidy bleeds us all dry

David Potts The amount of help the government gives the TV moguls would make the car industry blush.

YOUR QUESTIONS

Weighing prospects

George Cochrane Woodside is a technological marvel but has not always been the investor's best friend.

EDUCATION

Let's teach our kids money literacy

Mark Bouris There's no adequate replacement for education when it comes to making financial decisions.

ASK NOEL

Investing to pay for university

Noel Whittaker How can we turn $30,000 into more than $150,000 within 18 to 20 years to pay for our child's university?

DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL

Mind your money manners

Sylvia Pennington Despite our love of sharing on social media, one topic is still taboo.

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FINANCIAL ADVICE

Back to the future with FoFA loophole

David Potts The only burning in Tony Abbott's bonfire of the vanities of governments past will be that of consumers.

YOUR QUESTIONS

Embracing more risk?

George Cochrane Should I salary sacrifice to bolster my superannuation or should I be purchasing property?

CHIN UP

We are still the lucky country

Penny Pryor Get out of the crisis funk: Employment is up, and so is retail spending.

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ASK NOEL

The right moves for a full pension

Noel Whittaker What's the best way to put my super into my wife's name?

CASH INJECTION

How to make the most of a windfall

Mark Bouris Received a sudden lump of cash? Make sure it doesn't disappear as quickly as it arrived.

AUSSIE DOLLAR

Dollar or rates - which one blinks first?

David Potts Our dollar is back running its own race with the RBA finally giving up on talking it down.