Money features
Money: innovation special 2017
Stories on innovation in personal finance and investment.
Australian shares unlikely to wake soon from their 10-year torpor
Returns from Australian shares have not been as good as for most overseas markets.
Investors pile into Wall Street tech giants
Tech stocks are potentially more rewarding than companies operating in other sectors of the economy, but also riskier.
How artificial intelligence is changing personal finance
There seems to be an app for everything these days, except for one that can make you a millionaire. Yet.
Insurance is having a makeover and Trov is just the start
If you bought a new iPhone, there are better ways to insure it besides AppleCare.
Lithium pick powers Pritchard to victory in the shares race
A big lift in the share price of Richard Pritchard's pick of lithium miner Argosy helped the Chartist to increase his lead over his main challenger in the final week of the four-week Shares Race and take line honours.
Chill. Electricity isn't that expensive, really
What if I told you you were paying no more for electricity than in 1984?
Meet the woman delivering remote work to rural Australia
While the cost of living outside a capital city is cheaper, without an income it is a moot point.
The rising pressure on new property investors
Higher stamp duty rates for foreign investors and APRA's tightening of bank lending regulations on investment loans have reduced new investor housing demand especially for apartments.
How technology is disrupting wealth creation
In the past five years we've seen an astonishing disruption in financial services that gives consumers different ways to invest.
Why higher interest rates would mean lower share prices
The economy is important for the sharemarket, but the Reserve Bank has a greater influence.
Criticism of Acorns' fee structure is missing the point
Criticism of Acorns for its fee structure is missing the point.
The investors who'll pay to clean up after hurricanes Irma and Harvey
With Hurricane Irma hitting the US, following the devastation of Hurricane Harvey a fortnight ago, those investors holding catastrophe bonds are likely to lose their money.
Starting a business? The software that will help you succeed
Australians appear to be in a love affair with the idea of business ownership.
The financial Plan B for Australians who won't buy a home
If you can't afford to buy a home, it doesn't mean you're financially doomed.
Pay for the new iPhone with your old one
Apple is a company that makes active money out of secrecy. The one detail we can be assured of is that the new iPhone models won't be cheap.
The next economic boom could come from women
Women control about 70-80 per cent of the world's annual consumer spending and it's estimated in an EY report that their incomes will increase from $13 trillion to $18 trillion by 2018.
Six places to find extra money
How to find any lazy money you're unwittingly letting leach out of your pocket courtesy of a bunch of legacy deals with once-good-value providers.
'Fired and banned': How Ken saved a fortune ditching his financial planner
Despite surveys showing how stressed many of us are about money, about eight in 10 adult Australians are not receiving financial advice.
Lynas Corporation helps the Dartboard into third place
The Dartboard has edged into third place in week three of the four-week shares race, thanks to its holdings in Lynas Corporation.
How to money-proof your relationship
The traditional wedding vows include a promise to be together "for richer, for poorer", but many couples find "for poorer" just too bloody hard.