What to do if you win the lottery

Sylvia Pennington   Many people dream of a life-changing windfall, but stories are legion of lottery winners or inheritors who have squandered fortunes.

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Features

Sisters are doin' it for themselves

Christine Long   Women are tackling budgeting and finance head-on with help from VicSuper's online financial fitness course.

MIND OVER MONEY

Is an au pair right for your family?

Caitlin Fitzsimmons   Greens leader Richard Di Natale copped flak for having an au pair, but for those of us outside politics it might be worth considering.

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INSIGHT

Brexit: what you need to know

Jessica Irvine   No country has ever withdrawn from the European Union. Will the United Kingdom be the first?

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SUPER & FUNDS

DIY super investment for those who can't be bothered

John Collett   Do you like the idea of running your own super fund, but can't be bothered?

THE HONEST BROKER

Six big risks keeping fund managers up at night

Marcus Padley   These are the X factors that the fund managers are most worried about, the events that could drop the market significantly more than "normal".

THE MOTLEY FOOL

Three dividend stocks that beat the banks

Scott Phillips   Most Aussies don't want to hear it but the banks are way too large a proportion of our portfolios.

ASK NOEL

Why are returns on insurance bonds so low?

Noel Whittaker   Financial expert Noel Whittaker answers readers' questions.

INTELLIGENT INVESTOR

Lessons from the Myer turnaround

Andrew Legget   Investors are rewarded for going against the crowd, as Myer's recent recovery shows.

QUIRKY INVESTMENTS

Revival of interest in Aboriginal art

James Cockington   Thomas Vroom is to sell off part of his collection of Aboriginal art at Bonhams' Australian art sale on June 7 in Sydney, after a resurgence of interest in Indigenous art.

Columns

NOEL WHITTAKER

How to shield inheritance from divorce

Noel Whittaker   A properly done Family Law Financial Agreement would quarantine an inheritance from a divorce settlement.

SUPER & FUNDS

Hold off putting that windfall into super

John Collett   While most of the proposed changes to super in the budget are not due to start until the middle of next year, one of them does require some people to be careful.

MIND OVER MONEY

Millennials 'shell out' for their Baby Boomer parents

Caitlin Fitzsimmons   The real divide is not between Generation Y and their Baby Boomer parents, but between haves and have-nots.

INSIGHT

Will record low interest rates unleash another housing boom?

Clancy Yeates   Households probably can't afford to pile on even more debt and bid up house prices much further.

Q & A: Ask an Expert

YOUR QUESTIONS

Can I claim my Australian pension overseas?

George Cochrane   Financial expert George Cochrane answers readers' questions.

ASK NOEL

Ask Noel: I can't contribute to super – really?

Noel Whittaker   Financial expert Noel Whittaker answers questions from readers.

YOUR QUESTIONS

2017 deadline for age pensioners looms

George Cochrane   Financial expert George Cochrane answers questions from readers.

ASK NOEL

Ask Noel: super v term deposit

Noel Whittaker   Financial expert Noel Whittaker answers money-related questions from readers.