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Document loans to family and friends to protect cash and relationships
Your money kindness towards loved ones might be well meaning, but it is fraught with risk.
Writes about personal finance for Fairfax Media, Sydney, Australia.
Your money kindness towards loved ones might be well meaning, but it is fraught with risk.
Before selling, you need to consider how the age pension thresholds under the assets test work.
In a first for an Australian bank, NAB-owned UBank has launched an artificial intelligence "chatbot" for home loans.
Unpaid superannuation is a huge and growing problem. Industry Super Australia estimates employers are failing to pay billions in compulsory super contributions to 2.6 million employees.
The Dartboard's on top in week one of the new four-week Shares Race with its "pick" of Blackham Resources the strongest performer so far.
There are only a couple of clear-cut winners from the 2017 federal budget from the point of view of our personal finances; though we could all be better off if it gets the macro-economic settings right.
Australians have shelled-out $92 million in global roaming charges during the last two years.
Telstra's more than one million shareholders will not be pleased with the sustained slide in the share price since the start of this year to be trading in the low $4 range now.
Little things such as one or two takeaway coffees a day can add up surprisingly quickly.
Fairfax journalist Phil Baker wins the four-week shares race after making modest gains from a good portion of his 10-stock portfolio.
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