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Matt Torcasio has quit gambling with the help of girlfriend Lauren Britt and the Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation.

Beating the curse of problem gambling

Leo D'Angelo Fisher Matt Torcasio is proof that there is hope for the millions of Australians affected by problem gambling.

Super and the self-employed

Sally Patten Small business owners too often fall into the trap of assuming their business is going to fund their retirement. It may not.

Check on where your super is going

Top 10 money trends in 2016

What The Big Short movie can teach ordinary people

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MIND OVER MONEY

What to wear to bid at an auction

Caitlin Fitzsimmons Mind Over Money | If your goal is to buy a home, you need a strategy for how to deal with auctions.

If you're not prepared to suffer for a goal, it's not worth it to you.

WELL HEELED

The right goals are the ones you are prepared to suffer for

Melissa Browne Are we destined not to change or can we salvage our goals made for 2016? The short answer is yes and no.

A man looks at stock prices at a brokerage house in Jiujiang in China.

THE MOTLEY FOOL

Will 2016 get better for investors?

Scott Phillips Investing in shares can be volatile and sometimes depressing, and the first few weeks of 2016 are proof.

AGED CARE

Affording residential care

Bina Brown A guide to the different options of residential aged care and what you can expect to pay.

An iPhone 6s Plus bought outright and run on prepaid credit could cost as little as $1736.60 over 24 months with comparable plans costing up to $2448.

TIP OF THE WEEK

A plan-free way to save on mobile bills

Erin Turner There's one instance where no plan is the best plan of all: when it comes to your mobile phone.

A large Cloisonne Heavenly Lion, or Fu Dog, from the Qing Dynasty in China. Estimated auction price $30,000-50,000.

QUIRKY INVESTMENTS

Year opens with cracker estate sale

James Cockington John Wolfe St Albans, of Adelaide left behind a shipping container of fabulous treasures when he died.

Chasing past performance doesn't stack up as an investment strategy.

Small investors in ETFs making a classic mistake

John Collett Small investor activity in exchange traded funds (ETFs) indicates they are committing one of investing's cardinal sins.

How to shop like an investor and save money

Andrew Legget Four tips to ensure you never pay more than you need to when grocery shopping.

If you've racked up a large credit card debt, the zero per cent balance transfer deals look tempting.

INSIGHT

Beware sting in zero per cent credit card deals

Clancy Yeates Here are some of the traps in banks' zero interest credit card offers.

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MIND OVER MONEY

What The Big Short can teach ordinary people

Caitlin Fitzsimmons It's exciting watching the traders short the US mortgage market before the global financial crisis, but it's not something the rest of us can emulate.

THE HONEST BROKER

Investment in 2016 to be about picking winners

Marcus Padley After the worst start to the sharemarket year in living memory the obvious subject is whether we are about to see some sort of calamitous collapse.

Volatility no reason to ditch super strategy

John Collett Even the most “glass half full” type of person must be feeling at least a little nervous about their personal finances after a terrible few weeks in the fiinancial markets.