Another double-digit year for super
Superannuation fund members are on track to be the beneficaries of a second consecutive year of double digit returns, thanks to soaring equity markets. The average balanced retirement fund is expected to record a rise of about 13 per cent for the 12 months to June 30, following a 15.6 per cent gain in the previous year.
Millionaires’ five big investing mistakes
Even the super-wealthy make simple errors of judgment when it comes to their investments. Here’s a handful of common mistakes that are well worth avoiding.
Consumers will vote on reforms with their feet
It is just as well the banks felt they could support the tweaks to the advice regime unveiled by Finance Minister Mathias Cormann on Friday.
How hot is your suburb?
Property pundits say the massive price rises seen at auctions and sales all over the country since the beginning of 2013 are over, but there is still room for big gains in specific pockets.
Hold or fold: the end-of-mortgage dilemma
Paying off a home loan is certainly cause for celebration – but is it worth holding on to the loan facility rather than discharging the mortgage?
Thermomix a recipe for writing success
Dani Valent stumbled on an opening in the market as the author of pioneering, glossy Thermomix cookbooks.
Buy shares now, sell to SMSFs later
Equity market investors should be looking to buy into the high-yielding stocks of tomorrow before selling them on to income-hungry self-managed super funds.
How to restart your finances at 60
Divorce, the collapse of a business or a catastrophic slide in the value of a property or share portfolio are some events that can topple the best-laid retirement finance plans. But there are ways out of the mire.
Saving tips for the young and the reckless
People in their 20s seem to fall into two groups: they either find it really hard not to spend everything they earn or have no problem building up a stash.
Coalition holds eligibility card under budget changes
Retirees will look back on the next six to seven months as “the good old days”; a time when they could lock in income tests for government benefits generous enough to entitle many to the Commonwealth Seniors Health Card.
Retiree benefits add up to real value
The budget has focused attention and created some anxiety about government fringe benefit entitlements regarded very highly by many retirees.
Analysts split on iron ore
More optimistic hope for a rally in the second half of this year, while Goldman Sachs forecasts a price drop to $US80 a tonne in 2015.
