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Afterpay Money is launching in October, but how does it stack up compared to bank offerings already in the market? While Afterpay shares have been a stellar performer in the past, they are stagnating at the moment because of increased competition from the likes of PayPal and CommBank. There’s also criticism that it is a… Read more »
PayPal has a new Buy Now, Pay Later product called Pay in 4. Here’s the lowdown on what they’re offering and how it compares to what’s currently out there. Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) is hot… with both shoppers and investors. Shoppers love the convenience and investors have loved the booming share prices of companies… Read more »
Financial family planning is perhaps the less ‘sexy’ side of starting a family, but it’s really critical if you want to raise a happy one. Your life changes in a big way when you have kids. Sleep becomes a luxury, diapers a daily ritual and seeing your children grow each day gives you more joy… Read more »
It is one of the age-old questions asked by property buyers. In a particular area, is it cheaper to rent or buy? Property analysts CoreLogic has come up with the answer. Servicing a mortgage is now cheaper than paying rent on 36.3 per cent of Australian properties. Which means for 64 per cent of properties… Read more »
Even though you may not own any shares directly, it is worth following the health of the sharemarket because your superannuation fund is doing it for you. The good news is that your retirement nest egg has certainly had a big boost from the booming sharemarket. The top 20 performing balanced option super funds all… Read more »
It can be tough to save for a home deposit, but it’s not impossible if you follow these five golden rules. We’ve always made big sacrifices for the security of owning our own home. So, the debate about whether buying property now is harder than it was in the past doesn’t really resonate with me.… Read more »
A recent survey found that 17.5 per cent of Australian households couldn’t raise $2000 in an emergency. The question is, could you? Booming shares, property and superannuation have lifted the wealth of average Australians, but not many of us are feeling it. Low wage growth has meant that we seem to be asset rich but… Read more »
A few years of stellar returns has convinced many people that investing in property is a sure thing. Just buy a reasonable place in a suburb close to a capital city, then sit back and watch capital gains accumulate… or so the thinking goes. But before you start counting your money, we should warn you… Read more »
Balancing the family budget is one of the toughest tasks for any household. So, finding and fixing financial leaks will make it so much easier. It’s the great Australian squeeze: prices keep going up but wages growth isn’t keeping pace. No matter how tight a ship you try to run, there always seems to be… Read more »
I’d like to urge you – in the nicest possible way – to consider what will happen to your estate when you die. Yep, dead. Carked it. Fallen off the twig. I’m not being morbid or funny, but it is going to happen some time and often you don’t have any say in what happens… Read more »
