Money
Planning & budgeting
Ask Noel: Super balance more than the sum of your contributions
Personal finance expert Noel Whittaker answers your questions.
- by Noel Whittaker
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Financial planners
Is 'wealth coaching' the new financial planning?
Financial planners are repositioning themselves as personal trainer-like wealth coaches in what’s tipped to become the big trend for the embattled industry.
- by Bianca Hartge-Hazelman
Opinion
Money psychology
Money can't buy happiness – or can it?
If we really believe money can’t buy happiness, why do so many people buy lottery tickets?
- by Paul Benson
Opinion
Motley Fool
Forget million-dollar homes: The Millennials chasing a different dream
They don’t feature in the smashed avocado-laced headlines, and you won’t see them living the high life on Instagram.
- by Scott Phillips
Opinion
Money psychology
The 'money story' you learn from parents shapes your financial future
What money story did you learn from your parents and how does that differ to your money story as an adult?
- by Melissa Browne
Q&A
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Ask Noel: When disaster sends your property plans awry
Personal finance expert Noel Whittaker answers your questions.
- by Noel Whittaker
Property market
How to play Sydney's falling property market
Shaun Hardy and Megan Maurice have made a healthy gain on paper but can't afford to upgrade.
- by John Collett & Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Q&A
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The popular insurance that is basically junk
Personal finance expert Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon exposes the "life" insurance with only a 16 per cent payout.
- by Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon
Opinion
Childcare
Confessions from a woman who employs au pairs – and isn't filthy rich
When we chose to let our hearts prevail and try for another baby there was a caveat that was led by the head: we planned to enlist help in the form of an au pair.
- by Georgina Dent
Q&A
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Your Questions: How can I dispose of a property in an SMSF?
Personal finance expert George Cochrane answers your questions.
- by George Cochrane
Property prices
How to play Melbourne's falling house price market
The era of cheap mortgages and rising prices is reversing. Property owners and would-be owners need to pay careful attention if they are not to be caught out.
- by John Collett