Don't fall for fraud
Leo D'Angelo Fisher It's April Fool's Day this week, but some tricks are nastier than others. Money shows you how to protect yourself from financial fraud.
Her Money: Navigating joint finances
Sally Patten Joint finances are fine, but assumptions about joint finances are a big problem.
Get smart about your mobile phone
Shares Racers get their geek on
How to beat health insurance price hikes
Features
Banks' secret mortgage rates
Caitlin Fitzsimmons Banks prefer to keep an aura of mystery around some key information that would help borrowers make better decisions.
THE HONEST BROKER
Truth about long-term investment and black swans
Marcus Padley Certainty sells but reality is uncertain, making long-term investment arrogant.
INTELLIGENT INVESTOR
Top fund managers fight it out
James Carlisle Warren Buffett warned investors not to "bet against America" in his latest shareholder letter but Platinum Asset Management's Kerr Neilson, for one, seems happy to take that bet.
INSIGHT
Light at end of tunnel after resources bust
Clancy Yeates Roughly five years into the mining slump, the economy is not falling in a heap, writes Clancy Yeates.
TIP OF THE WEEK
Funeral insurance is a waste of money
Paul Whear Don't buy funeral insurance - it can cost twice the amount of an actual funeral.
DIY SUPER
Borrowing to buy property in your SMSF?
Richard Livingston Self-managed super fund borrowing may not be a problem for the government, however it's likely to cause financial distress for some investors in coming years.
THE MOTLEY FOOL
Don't be stationary, get a Smiggle on
Scott Phillips When we think about Aussie world-beaters, not many people think about stationery. We should.
SUPER & FUNDS
More to a super fund's returns than its size
John Collett The great divide in the performances of super funds is between not-for-profit and retail funds and not so much their size, figures from SuperRatings show.
QUIRKY INVESTMENTS
1899 Melbourne Cup trophy up for grabs
James Cockington Fewer than 10 19th-century racing trophies are known to survive.
Columns
INSIGHT
What's the deal with negative rates?
Jessica Irvine Negative interest rates could be good news for your mortgage, but bad news for your job, writes Jessica Irvine.
MIND OVER MONEY
Why we don't save thousands on home loans
Caitlin Fitzsimmons Are you hampered by fear of paperwork, or fear of change?
SUPER & FUNDS
Rock-star fund managers long gone
John Collett It doesn't seem all that long ago that some fund managers had almost rock-star status, at least among investors.
THE MOTLEY FOOL
Good investors copy, great investors steal
Scott Phillips Make your own mistakes – or learn from others' success.
Q & A: Ask an Expert
ASK NOEL
A bequest of CommBank shares
Noel Whittaker Financial expert Noel Whittaker answers personal finance and investment questions from readers.
YOUR QUESTIONS
Help, I'm living in genteel poverty!
George Cochrane George Cochrane answers a question from a reader struggling while helping her adult son.
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.
