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Organise finance early this spring property season
House hunters should seek to get mortgage approvals well ahead of time.
Writes about personal finance for Fairfax Media, Sydney, Australia.
House hunters should seek to get mortgage approvals well ahead of time.
Richard Pritchard has thrown down the gauntlet to the Shares Race's reigning champion, Angie Ellis, in week one of the new round of the four-week Shares Race.
Australians are paying through the nose to transfer money overseas, but there are alternative providers.
It seems counter-intuitive but unlike most endeavours in life, the less work someone actually puts in investing, the better they do.
Many of those who got in early on the trend to running their own super funds are mostly in the retirement phase and more DIY super funds are being wound up.
At a little over the halfway mark of the Year-Long Shares Race, Angie Ellis of 80 20 Investment has extended her lead over the second-placed competitor.
DIY super funds and other investors will soon be able to invest in start-up companies through "crowd-sourced" funding platforms.
Angie Ellis of 80 20 Investments scores yet another win in the Shares Race.
Private medical cover is not going close to meeting treatment costs for Debra Balhatchet, who has a tumour in her brain.
"Alternative" investments are becoming easier for investors to access at lower costs.
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