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The data is in after major tax reforms were announced … The residential property market showed some early signs of cooling in the first weekend after the federal budget, with auction clearance rates falling quite sharply across the country. Nationally, clearance rates were down around 11 per cent week-on-week, although interestingly, results were still tracking… Read more »
Many Australians already invest in global markets through shares and superannuation, but when it comes to income-focussed investments, portfolios often stay much closer to home. Here’s why some investors are starting to look further afield. For many Australians, generating reliable income from investments has become increasingly tricky. On one side sits the relative stability of… Read more »
Government debt is under control … but we should be more worried about household debt. I know there is a lot of commentary and panic around the size of government debt, and the fact that gross debt will pass $1 trillion in the next financial year. Yes, it’s a big figure but Australia is a… Read more »
Your Money
As the federal budget’s housing policy changes start to sink in, the impact on the broader economy is starting to be realised. One of the best bits of property analysis I’ve read in a while comes from Nerida Conisbee, Chief Economist at Ray White. The federal budget’s housing measures are designed to push investor demand… Read more »
Your Life
It’s time financial advice caught up with modern consumerism. Here’s how you can save by outsmarting it. We all know the boring everyday savings advice: make coffee at home, cancel unused subscriptions, pack your lunch, stop buying avocado toast and basically develop the discipline of a fasting monk. That stuff sort of works. But iron-clad… Read more »
Your Business
Self-made millionaires follow a tried and tested formula that embraces success and hard work, writes Zaki Ameer. By Zaki Ameer Zaki Ameer was never interested in academic life. He failed at school, and began his entrepreneurial journey by selling cassettes to classmates. After moving to Australia to study for a Bachelor of Business, a chance… Read more »
The data is in after major tax reforms were announced … The residential property market showed some early signs of cooling in the first weekend after the federal budget, with auction clearance rates falling quite sharply across the country. Nationally, clearance rates were down around 11 per cent week-on-week, although interestingly, results were still tracking… Read more »
Many Australians already invest in global markets through shares and superannuation, but when it comes to income-focussed investments, portfolios often stay much closer to home. Here’s why some investors are starting to look further afield. For many Australians, generating reliable income from investments has become increasingly tricky. On one side sits the relative stability of… Read more »
Government debt is under control … but we should be more worried about household debt. I know there is a lot of commentary and panic around the size of government debt, and the fact that gross debt will pass $1 trillion in the next financial year. Yes, it’s a big figure but Australia is a… Read more »
It’s the minimum financial buffer everyone needs. Picture this: one of those weeks where everything goes wrong at once. The car battery dies, a sudden toothache turns into an emergency root canal, school camp fees hit your inbox, and the dog eats something he shouldn’t … Then, as you tap your credit card, this time… Read more »
You’re probably sick of the wall-to-wall budget analysis so I’ve kept my snapshot short and sweet: The next 12 months will continue to be tough for Australian households. The cost of living crisis will continue, wages won’t keep pace with inflation, interest rates will stay higher for longer and while the economy will slow, it… Read more »
A third consecutive rate hike from the Reserve Bank of Australia landed this week… like a bolt of lightning. The impact was devastating … Combined with stubborn inflation, volatile oil prices and ongoing cost-of-living pressures, it’s the latest blow in a long stretch of them. For Australians already struggling with mortgage repayments, tenants drowning in… Read more »
They are the dream homes we’ve long drooled over in glossy real estate pages. Here’s what’s happening in luxury property at a time when attention is focused on the other end of the market—affordable first homes. Since the broadening of the federal government’s 5% Home Deposit Scheme, there has been a huge amount of analysis… Read more »
