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The new year is a good time to review your money goals.

Kickstart 2016 with a financial health check

Kate Jones The new year is an opportunity to reset your money goals and make changes to ensure a more prosperous future - like Paul Buhagiar who paid $26,000 off his home loan principal last year.

Are you paying the Vague Tax?

Caitlin Fitzsimmons NEW COLUMN | My budget requires a certain allowance for costs incurred while my mind was absent.

Younger women flock to DIY super

Why private equity won and investors lost

Why are your savings sitting with the big four banks?

Features

With disappointing Christmas sales, Dick Smith felt the crunch in the new year.

THE MOTLEY FOOL

How to avoid investing in the next Dick Smith

Scott Phillips Some simple rules could keep you out of trouble.

James and Evelyn "Copper" Booth have retired to Penang in Malaysia.

How to retire overseas

Kate Cowling Leaving the beach gets harder every year. But if you're over 60, maybe you don't have to.

ASK NOEL

How to help your grandkids through uni

Noel Whittaker My wife and I are in our mid 60s, self-funded retirees, and would like to contribute to the tertiary education of our two young grandchildren.

A sculpture by up-and-coming Australian artist John Kelly.

QUIRKY INVESTMENTS

Contemporary art on the rise

James Cockington Interest in 21st-century Australian art is growing and it's only a matter of time before it hits the secondary market.

Successful New Year's resolutions are about making self-control easier for your future self.

MENTAL WEALTH

How to nail a New Year's resolution

Catherine Robson There is a secret to self-control that makes achieving your goals a breeze.

SUPER & FUNDS

Retirement calculators mislead super fund members

John Collett Some of the retirement calculators on the websites of the largest super funds are misleading fund members.

Learning how to be a trader is like joining the gym - without purpose, you won't stick at it.

THE HONEST BROKER

The truth behind courses on how to be a trader

Marcus Padley You might be interested in the replies of a group of stockbrokers asked, "What's the best way to lose $10,000 in the stock market?"

Where there's a will there's a way to save money.

SAVINGS TIPS

10 ways to save money right now

Bessie Hassan Altering a couple of old habits and developing new ones could see you save significantly.

In your 40s and 50s you are more likely to have extra mouths to feed.

INTELLIGENT INVESTOR

Top 10 money mistakes of the middle-aged

Graham Witcomb Here are the 10 biggest money mistakes to avoid in your 40s and 50s.

Columns

Giving up a glass of wine each week can add up to substantial savings.

Opinion

Savings tips are not sexist

Sally Rose Feathers got ruffled when I wrote about how much a woman could gain from putting wine money into superannuation.

Paying off the mortgage is the same as saving, but without the tax.

A final fling

David Potts Stop me if this starts to sound more obituary than last column, but at least if I ever write a book you already have the abridged version.