Buying a home is an exciting time, especially when you’re looking to purchase so that you’ll have more space to run your business. But as a sole trader, you may......

Over the past few months, the RBA has reduced the cash rate to an unprecedented historical low of 1%pa. This reduction impacts many ordinary Australians. The RBA cash rate influences......

I was an actuary before I became a famous author.  My former profession is the butt of many cruel jokes.  For example:  A marketer, an accountant, a mathematician and an......

New ALP policy announced Recently the Opposition Leader (Hon Bill Shorten MP) and the Shadow Treasurer (Hon Chris Bowen MP) announced that a future ALP government will no longer permit......

Recently I read an article in Super Review magazine containing some superannuation projections.  The actuarial firm of Rice Warner performed the calculations. What really grabbed my attention was the key......

Wouldn’t it be great if we lived in a world where you could make a risky investment (shares would be the prime candidate) and if the market value went down,......

A recent article by Noel Whittaker in the Sun Herald Money section highlighted an innovation by a “Big Four” Australian bank in the area of margin lending products. Taking out......

Surely a commonly faced question by anyone who owns a home and has some spare capacity to save or invest after living expenses are met including the basic mortgage repayments......

A couple of weeks ago I received an email that directed me to an article on the website of a finance company that specialises in personal loans. The article was......

In my book Slow and Steady: 100 wealth building strategies for all ages, Strategy 14 (in the Chapter intended primarily for young adults) is “Don’t buy private health insurance”. After......