Households are doing it tough. Here's how to tighten your belt
Many Australian families are struggling because the price of education, healthcare and power continue to rise, and pay packets aren't keeping up.
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Mark Bouris
Mark Bouris, AM, is executive chairman of wealth management company Yellow Brick Road.
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The Reserve Bank suggested this week interest rates could more than double in the next few years.
Five steps to avoid an aged care fiasco
We all need a plan to help prepare for old age.
Your guide to next month's super changes
If you haven't paid attention to the looming changes in superannuation, this is what you need to know.
Slower growth is good news for first-home buyers
There's a lot of the talk at the moment about the idea of a housing bubble that's set to burst.
Why the banks should absorb the cost of the levy
I know of no other industry where the taxpayer underwrites borrowings – it's a unique arrangement and one that the banks can't characterise as "just another cost", writes Mark Bouris.
Time to 'get serious' about interest-only loans
The longer the property boom in Sydney and Melbourne goes on, the more avenues we explore to put a cap on buyer exuberance.
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?
We can all do more to close gender pay gap
Most Australians would be aware that there is a problem with gender and money. Or, more specifically, inequalities between men and women when it comes to both spending and earning.
How to rebuild financially after divorce
Men and women take about five years to stabilise their finances after a divorce.
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