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Many parents are the reason first home buyers can enter the property market – but is this really the best idea? Rising property prices are good news for existing homeowners, particularly buyers over recent years caught by rate rises increasing repayments and property values falling. At least the risk of being caught with negative equity… Read more »
Yesterday the Australian Energy Regulator (AER) announced it will allow energy retailers to lift prices for existing customers by 19.5-23.7 per cent. This is the cap that energy retailers can charge existing customers who haven’t looked elsewhere. And it follows an 18 per cent increase last year. These are huge increases which feed directly into… Read more »
Wages are rising but not at the same pace as inflation, which means the purchasing power of your money is going backwards. In fact, “real wages” growth has never been worse. You’re getting paid more cash, but your cash is buying less. While wage rises are stronger than normal, it is completely understandable if you’re… Read more »
Sharemarket analysts are nervous, so finding a way to protect your portfolio should be a matter of priority. I have to say there is a real sense of nervousness about the performance of sharemarkets over the next couple of months. A couple of factors are playing on the minds of the share gurus: The fear… Read more »
With thanks to CommSec, let’s run through the ripple effect of this week’s Federal Budget 2023 on your share investments. Budget Measure: $14.6 billion cost-of-living relief package. Could boost consumer spending on electronics, clothing and groceries. The measures include welfare payments for the unemployed and single parents ($1.9 billion); one-off energy bill discounts ($3 billion);… Read more »
The RBA knows that any decision whether to raise or pause interest rates is tricky because you don’t want rate hikes to tip the economy over the edge into recession. This week they took a gamble by lifting rates another 0.25 per cent to 3.85 per cent. The Board has now delivered an incredible 375bp… Read more »
Separating or divorcing a partner or de facto can be absolutely devastating both emotionally and financially. This divorce survival guide should help ease the pain. I was fascinated, and saddened, to read this week that the latest divorce rates are up 13 per cent to 56,000 a year. According to lawyers, the two most common… Read more »
Yes, rising interest rates stealthily reduce your borrowing capacity. Fortunately there are a few simple things you can do to increase it. I’ve talked about this a few times over the last couple of months. Not only do rising interest rates increase loan repayments, they also reduce your borrowing capacity because the so-called “serviceability test”… Read more »
Well, that was a wild week. Nothing like a US banking crisis to get the pulse racing. Financial markets hate uncertainty and they particularly hate panic around banks. The panic caused by the collapse of Lehmann Bros back in 2008, which sparked the Global Financial Crisis (GFC), is still fresh in many people’s minds and… Read more »
“Don’t complain, I remember paying 17 per cent on my home loan…” Yes, Your Honour, I have been guilty of making this comment to my adult children as they complain about rising interest rates on their home loan. But does this argument stack up? History is very clear as this chart clearly shows. BUT things are… Read more »
