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A key to innovation and success lies in setting the right type of challenge.

How to innovate your way to wealth

Innovation isn't just for business. We can also apply innovative practices to improve the management of our personal finances.

You have until October 31 to lodge your tax - or longer if you use an accountant.

Get ready to lodge your tax return

Here is a fool-proof guide to ensure you sort yourself out and receive your cash (or choose an accountant) before the deadline hits.

Christmas is 10 weeks away, which gives you plenty of time to plan and budget.

Your 10-week plan to prepare for Christmas

​The first mentions of Christmas are creeping into retail marketing, and for many Australians that signals unbridled spending and a January spent worrying how to pay-off the credit cards.

The Australian dollar has risen to be close to US80c.

How to double your tax refund

Will the prospect of a $2564 refund motivate you to finally do your tax return, if you haven't already?

Comparing the performances of life-cycle options is difficult, perhaps impossible.

Just got mail from your super fund? You should read it

It's that time of year when the annual statements from super funds for the year to June 30, 2017 sent out. And this year, more than any other, it's important to check the report rather than not reading the email or throwing the paper report in the re-cycling bin.

Early consumers of Radio Shack products, New York, 1983.

Technology marches on: The phrase that kills companies

There's an image floating around cyberspace that resurfaces every year or so. It's a page from a 1991 Radio Shack catalogue. Radio Shack is the US version of the old Tandy, for those who remember the latter. On it are a range of products for sale. And the capabilities of the products on that page can now be found in a single place: inside your smartphone.