Money features
Pritchard maintains lead over Ellis in week two of Shares Race
The top three spots remain unchanged in the second week of the four week shares race. Richard Pritchard, who plays as the Chartist, maintains his lead over the Shares Race's reigning champion Angie Ellis.
How personal finance has changed since 1987
It's fascinating to look back 30 years and think about what Australia was like at that time.
The benefits of getting a reverse mortgage
Depending on your situation, getting a reverse mortgage can be a prudent financial decision.
Protect yourself in a frenzied property market
How to protect yourself when the market gets hot.
Could Future Fund manage your retirement savings too?
Future Fund chairman Peter Costello said that the sovereign wealth fund could possibly start managing superannuation money.
Your morning coffee adds 154 minutes to your mortgage
Your daily micro-spend on the apparently delectable micro-grounds is keeping you in debt far longer than necessary.
How Alex and Lauren used Acorns to pay for their honeymoon
After Alex and Lauren Fisher exchanged their wedding vows in June last year, they jetted off to Bali for a honeymoon using money they'd saved with the Acorns investment app.
Data crunching reveals who salary sacrifices into super
It's a fair bet that those making most contributions to super are still workers, especially the over-50s.
Tax Office reveals size of underpayment of super for the first time
There is a $2.85 billion-a-year shortfall in what employers should be paying their employees in super.
A homeowner's guide to letting on Airbnb
Airbnb can seem like a short-term win because of income and tax deductions, but there's a long-term cost when you sell.
Earnings season: more profit than loss for 'mum and dad' shareholders
Qantas is the star performer of the retail stocks this profit reporting season with its declaration of its second-highest ever profit.
Push for tighter caps on credit card limits
How long is too long to spend paying off a credit card debt?
The real reason retirees keep their big homes
Despite efforts to encourage retirees to downsize, they overwhelmingly prefer to continue living in their big houses.
Organise finance early this spring property season
House hunters should seek to get mortgage approvals well ahead of time.
Pritchard takes handy lead in new Shares Race with lithium and robots
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.
A little financial tough love
There is a lot that is wrong with financial services. That said, many of us don't help ourselves, either.
5 reasons you didn't get as much tax back this year
It's that time of year when Australians get their tax returns back from their accountants and sometimes get a nasty surprise.
How super contributions can reduce capital gains tax
Making tax-deductible superannuation contributions to reduce capital gains tax is now a strategy available to more people.
How the age pension distorts the housing market
When the decision was made to exempt the family home from the pension assets test, home ownership levels were higher and housing was more affordable.
How to manage your boss
One of the key determinants of our income is how well we get on with our boss.
Our obsession with tax deductions is peculiarly Australian ... and pointless
Most of us have better things to do than juggling boxes of receipts.
Why lazy investors can come out ahead
It seems counter-intuitive but unlike most endeavours in life, the less work someone actually puts in investing, the better they do.