Apr 11, 2019 | Finances, Financial Literacy, Financial Planning, Insurance, Investing, Lending, Loans
Climbing the career ladder, perhaps buying a home and starting a family – the 30s are an exciting stage of life. However, the decisions made now can make a big difference to future financial wellbeing, and with so much going on it is understandable, even inevitable,...
Mar 22, 2019 | Finances, Financial Literacy, Financial Planning, Insurance, Investing, Retirement, Superannuation, Taxation Planning
Financial planning. That’s for people with lots of money to invest, isn’t it? Not necessarily. Sure, investment planning is an important part of financial planning, but underpinning the whole process of creating wealth in the first place is having a good financial...
Mar 11, 2019 | Finances, Financial Literacy, Financial Planning, Investing
Raising a child will provide you with countless experiences that money can’t buy. But it is still an expensive business. Here’s your guide to the likely cost of raising a child in Australia. With over 300,000 babies born in Australia every year according to the...
Feb 16, 2019 | Financial Literacy, Financial Planning, Insurance, Investing, Property, Superannuation
The 40s are, for many people, a critical decade for building wealth. Income is usually on the rise, but so are expenses such as mortgages and school fees. Juggling priorities can be a real challenge, and mistakes made in this stage of life can have a large bearing on...
Nov 23, 2018 | Financial Literacy, Investing
Most investors will be familiar with the concept that it is “time in the market, not timing the market” that generates solid longterm returns. But many investors find it hard to stay the course when performance turns south, resulting in a detrimental outcome for their...
Nov 12, 2018 | Finances, Financial Literacy, Interest rates, Investing, Uncategorised
You might think that only importers and exporters pay attention to the value of the Aussie dollar, but movements in the exchange rate affect us all. After peaking at US$0.81 in late January 2018 the Australian dollar fell as low as US$0.70 in October. It also fell...
