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Money features
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Six money tips from someone who saved $1m by age 30
After college, Grant Sabatier was unemployed, broke and living with his parents. Here's how he reached his goal of saving $US1 million ($1.3 million) by age 30.
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How the Girl Guides are tackling financial inequality
The Girl Guides are launching a new set of financial literacy programs for girls and young women.
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Banks' weapon against industry funds may be dud
The Turnbull government wants to remove the monopoly that industry funds have as the default fund provider in industrial awards.
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A fierce fight is brewing over your super
Consumer groups and independent policy analysts have broadly backed the Productivity Commission proposals to change the default superannuation system.
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The only way to read a stock price chart
Scores of investors analyse charts, hoping to find a pattern telling them when to buy or sell a stock.
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Families squeezed by aged care changes
Financial expert Noel Whittaker answers readers' questions.
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Should pension fund investors take profits now?
Is this as good as it gets for investors?
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Don't bet the house on solving the affordability crisis
We're seeing a lot of calls for solutions to the housing affordability crisis. But are the solutions as useful as they claim?
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Thorny questions as federal budget looms
It's just six weeks to budget night and, as usual, a lot of ideas are being floated.
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Professional investors come up trumps in Shares Race finale
The pros finish first and second in the final week of Shares Race.
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How to choose an annuity
Financial expert George Cochrane answers readers' questions.
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The true cost of loyalty programs
Customer loyalty schemes are a great idea ... if you're a retailer.
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Why women and men need to negotiate pay rises differently
The trick to closing the gender pay gap is not for women to simply ask for more.
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Nicole helps… beat the April health insurance price rise
The strategies that beat the coming health insurance hikes.
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How Turnbull can kill stamp duty and produce a budget to remember
There's still time to craft a budget that actually does something.
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ASX rout was fall we had to have
The largest fall of 2017 isn't a surprise – or necessarily even a harbinger.
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Resale value to crash for iPhone SE
Even the value of the iPhone SE won't hold as long as other Apple phones.
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Call to remove 'bad apple' planners
Ten years on from when the regulator first called for the removal of bad apples from the financial planning industry, there has been not enough progress.
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Big banks hit home owners with $116k extra interest
The rate differential between the best and worst home loan has widened since September 2013, while the average mortgage is bigger.
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Why our assumptions, and current share prices, might be wrong
Assumptions are the root of all major losses. What assumptions are we making today?
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Why industrial relations is Australia's everlasting battle
It's the economic debate that just won't die, even when it's dead, buried and cremated.
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How Airbnb hosts can avoid a land tax bill
Financial expert Noel Whittaker answers readers' questions.
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The truth about measuring the gender pay gap
Australia seems to lack consistency when it comes to reporting the difference between what men and women are paid.
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Chowdhary looks unbeatable as battle heats up
The gap between the Shares Race leader, Kalkine's Hina Chowdhary, and the racer in second has closed this week.
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Smartphones set to dominate digital payments
Tapping a debit card, credit card or a smartphone is becoming the preferred way to pay among consumers.