How to beat health insurance price hikes
John Collett People with private health insurance will be hit from April 1 with another round of big premium rises, but there are ways for policyholders to ease the hip-pocket pain.
Helping your parents with aged care
Sally Patten It pays to check out care options sooner rather than later.
Rewards card benefits losing their punch
A sting in the fairytale ending
Can Gen Y ever get ahead?
Features
HEARING AIDS
The sound of silence: why hard-of-hearing retirees lack hearing aids
Kate Cowling Hearing impaired retirees are suffering social exclusion and loneliness yet that situation is avoidable.
INSIGHT
Australian economy adrift on stranger central banking tides
Jessica Irvine Negative interest rates could be good news for your mortgage, but bad news for your job, writes Jessica Irvine.
QUIRKY INVESTMENTS
Antique jewels sparkle again
James Cockington Famous women such as the Duchess of Cambridge and foreign minister Julie Bishop may be responsible for the revival of antique brooches.
MIND OVER MONEY
Fear keeps Aussies wedded to bad home loans
Caitlin Fitzsimmons Are you hampered by fear of paperwork, or fear of change?
SUPER & FUNDS
Rock-star fund managers mostly yesterday's heroes
John Collett It doesn't seem all that long ago that some fund managers had almost rock-star status, at least among investors.
WELL HEELED
Plan for the end of the tax year
Melissa Browne Use the last few months of the financial year to sort yourself out - at least as far as your taxes are concerned.
THE MOTLEY FOOL
Good investors copy, great investors steal
Scott Phillips Make your own mistakes – or learn from others' success.
ASK NOEL
Ask Noel: What's behind the fund names
Noel Whittaker Noel Whittaker shares his financial wisdom answering questions from readers.
INTELLIGENT INVESTOR
The average Australian's savings: how do you compare?
Graham Witcomb The average Australian is putting $427 under their mattress each month, according to a recent survey by Suncorp.
Columns
SUPER & FUNDS
Some accountants to give up on DIY super
John Collett DIY fund trustees who use the services of accountants need to ask them what licensing arrangements they will have in place from July 1.
MIND OVER MONEY
Looking for loopholes is a trap
Caitlin Fitzsimmons It's human nature to try to find the loophole, but it can lead to poor financial decisions.
INSIGHT
Why you're not getting a pay rise
Clancy Yeates Wages are growing at a snail's pace, and this looks unlikely to change anytime soon.
THE MOTLEY FOOL
Don't buy what your planner sells
Scott Phillips There's something rotten in financial services, and it's deeper, wider and more rotten than a single bank and its insurance business.
Q & A: Ask an Expert
ASK NOEL
Ask Noel: What's behind the fund names
Noel Whittaker Noel Whittaker shares his financial wisdom answering questions from readers.
YOUR QUESTIONS
Your Questions: Retirement income issues
George Cochrane George Cochrane answers readers questions on matters of finance.
ASK NOEL
When an inheritance is not a wind fall
Noel Whittaker A reader has inherited an apartment valued at $450,000 at age 85, and could lose his part pension.
YOUR QUESTIONS
Worth moving UK savings into super?
George Cochrane George Cochrane answers a reader's question about whether his partner should set up an Australian superannuation fund with the £1 million in savings he has in Britain.
