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Money features
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Commbank slashing its term deposit rates in another sting for savers
The Commonwealth Bank numbed the sting of its decision to partially hold back the RBA's cash rate cut by increasing term deposit rates. Now it has unwound them.
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Ask Noel: can I increase my pension by buying a jetty?
Financial expert Noel Whittaker answers readers' questions.
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Is your super fund a dud?
It's the time of year when super funds send annual statements for the year to June 30 to fund members. It provides the perfect opportunity to check if your fund is a dud.
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The Sydney suburb with the most expensive petrol revealed
How Melbourne beat Sydney in the past three months.
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How to beat the robots and find the right job
New research by the Reserve Bank has revealed the essential skill we all must learn to survive in the workplace of the future.
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BHP and Rio are understating profits
Analysts don't get it. Now that the mining boom is over, the two big miners are much more profitable than they look.
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Motley Fool: Ignore market tantrums over central bank policies
Markets behave illogically about interest-rate moves and expect central bankers to signal their every move.
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Cutting company tax for small business is 'stupid': Noel Whittaker
A crazy idea that looks like getting up was based on the notion that government could give small business a much-needed boost by cutting their company tax.
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More parents helping children onto property ladder
Sarah Hopkins and her husband did not have to think too long before agreeing to go guarantor for their son’s mortgage.
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How to save money on a beautiful wedding in the social media age
The key to saving money on your wedding is creative thinking and a lot of research.
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Nicole helps ... with a mortgage masterclass
Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon has a new column tackling consumer finance issues.
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Are my self-managed super fund investments safe?
Financial expert George Cochrane answers readers' questions.
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Mendy's Midas touch
One Money reader has taken a seemingly unassailable lead in week two.
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Keep your teen's mobile data under control in the school holidays
More free time may mean more mobile usage and bigger phone bills.
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'A fascinating coin': Macquarie's Holey Dollars showcased online
When Lachlan Macquarie faced a cash crisis, he created the Holey Dollars.
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Super compromise fair and logical
Top marks to the government for dumping the deeply flawed proposal to introduce a backdated lifetime $500,000 non-concessional contributions cap.
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Super makes sense
The superannuation system is a tax system, and as annoyed as we are about changes, governments do change tax policy.
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Why credit card interest rates are so high
If the Reserve Bank's official cash rate is 1.5 per cent and you can borrow for a home at 4.4 per cent, why are credit rates as high as 21 per cent?