Our super is set to hit $3 trillion in three years

The superannuation pool is forecast to reach $3 trillion in just three years, from $2.4 trillion now.

Ellis wins the Shares Race with all 10 tips in the black

Angie Ellis of 80 20 Investments wins the four-week Shares Race.

Locations where workers are ripped-off on super revealed

Hard-working people are being left tens of thousands of dollars short at retirement.

ASIC cracks down on 'independent' label

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The days of financial advice firms calling themselves "independently owned" or similar words when they are not so are coming to an end.

Travellers' cheques can't be cashed but couple told there's no problem

Lynda and Graham Turner bought thousand of dollars worth of US and Canadian dollar travellers' cheques from American Express and then couldn't use them.

How to fight back against rising energy costs

As everyone who pays power bills knows, electricity prices and gas prices are soaring and energy market observers are expecting further rises.

Ellis makes hay as Shares Race enters its final week

Angie Ellis of 80 20 Investments continues to go from strength to strength in the third week of the four-week Shares Race with good performances from most of her 10 stock picks.

Sharing economy, rental property and work deductions in ATO's sights

Those working as Uber drivers, letting rooms on Airbnb and offering services through AirTasker are in the sights of the Tax Office this year.

Up to one-in-three buyers of second-hand cars buys a lemon

Meaghan Meredith, 32, moved to the NSW far north coast six months ago from Sydney. When in Sydney she bought an 8-year-old Renault Megane privately for $5000, which broke-down within a week.