May
- Opinion
- Bonds
Opportunities aplenty for yield buyers
There is a rich array of opportunities available for investors searching for relatively safe and liquid yields.
- Christopher Joye
How the rich use this tax strategy to get richer
For many people, debt is a scary word. But debt can help build wealth so long as you’re careful about it.
- Michelle Bowes
Decades after tycoon’s death, his family is suing each other over a mansion
Tech tycoon’s widow says she felt ‘used and abused’ in a dispute that pitted her three children against her – and each other.
- Duncan Hughes
- Opinion
- Portfolio management
The economy is turning and your investment portfolio needs attention
Residential mortgage-backed securities might be a good option in a weakening economy.
- Giselle Roux
- Opinion
- Super Q&A
I’m a high earner about to encounter Division 293 tax. What can I do?
You may want to consider reducing your taxable income below $250,000 by claiming allowable deductions such as donations to charity.
- John Wasiliev
- Opinion
- Shopping centres
Why shopping centres are a good investment prospect
Population growth, a robust employment market and rising incomes will stoke retail spending, and much of the extra money will end up in shopping centres.
- Sam Tamblyn
- Opinion
- Property investment
How to buy property that cashes in on the ‘big build’
Being located within 1.6 kilometres of a hospital or major activity centre increases prices by an average of 1 per cent.
- Richard Wakelin
‘I spent four months in and out of hospital thanking my old boss for this advice’
After a potentially life-threatening gallbladder condition, Jessica Brady has two goals: Listen to her body, and make sure young people are prepared for the worst.
- Lucy Dean
What to do if you are asset rich but cash poor
Four strategies to help your assets and savings work harder as the cost of living grows.
- Updated
- Duncan Hughes
- Opinion
- Interest rates
Kiwis outplay Aussies in monetary policy game
The New Zealand central bank has given its Australian equivalent a dancing lesson in political independence.
- Christopher Joye
There are 635,000 rich Australians. Are you one of them?
Once, being a millionaire made you wealthy. But the goal posts have shifted, and a two-storey house with in-ground pool doesn’t really cut it any more.
- Michelle Bowes
- Opinion
- Superannuation
How to claim a $157,000 tax deduction while turbocharging super
Anybody who can make extra concessional contributions of this magnitude should seriously consider doing so.
- Michael Hutton
- Opinion
- Superannuation
‘It’s my money’ attitude leading to illegal super withdrawals
Early release of super is only supposed to allowed as a last resort. So why are so many people being approved to use it for dental work?
- Peter Burgess
I’m a risk-taker but he plays it safe. How do we invest as a couple?
Mismatched risk appetite is a common problem in relationships. How can couples get over this hurdle when investing together?
- Penny Wise
‘I lost my 95-year-old mother’s $1.6m life savings to scammers’
Great-grandmother Elaine Spring is ‘too frail’ to be told that the proceeds of the sale of the family home are gone.
- Duncan Hughes
- Opinion
- Managed funds
More zeros than heroes in active funds management
Don’t be fooled by short-term performance data and carefully assess after-fee returns.
- Ben Smythe
- Opinion
- Cash
Why holding too much cash can be harmful to your wealth
As a standalone asset class cash has long underperformed bonds, property, and shares.
- Maziar Nikpour
JobSeeker, JobKeeper cut wealth inequality
Lower-income households benefited the most from early COVID government payments, but higher-income households had the greatest gains in the recovery.
- Lucy Dean
- Opinion
- Pathology
This routine health test is an investment opportunity
The share prices of pathology companies are below pre-pandemic levels and the world will need more blood tests.
- Mark Draper
The future of financial advice is digital – and human
AI-powered apps are touted as a big part of the solution to providing affordable financial advice en masse, but winning people’s trust is a key challenge.
- Joanna Mather
