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7 things you need to know about the Australian property market...

7 things you need to know about the Australian property market...

The Australian housing market has started the year on a solid note with national home prices up 1.6% over the first three months according to CoreLogic. We had thought the drag of high mortgage rates would get the upper hand again but the supply shortfall is continuing to dominate…

How often should you check your investment returns?

How often should you check your investment returns?

Before you started reading this article, did you already do a check-up on your investment portfolio value? If you did, and do so just about every day, you're certainly not alone.

The importance of starting point valuations...

The importance of starting point valuations...

It makes sense that the cheaper you buy an asset the higher its prospective return will be. However, this is frequently forgotten with investors often tempted to project recent returns into the future regardless of valuations…

COVID & Responsible Investing...

COVID & Responsible Investing...

The pandemic has been described as the ultimate test for the performance of funds that consider environmental, social, governance factors, writes Clifford Fram. The early evidence shows they are outperforming their peers…

Overwhelmed by debt?

Overwhelmed by debt?

If you’re feeling the heat of mounting bills, don’t panic. You can negotiate a better deal that lets you hang onto your cash while you weather the COVID-19 pandemic.

Did you defer your loan repayments?

Did you defer your loan repayments?

If you’re one of 900,000 Aussies who deferred their home or business loan due to COVID-19, you could be getting a call from your bank in the next few weeks. Here’s our guide to your options…

Envisioning a post-pandemic future...

Envisioning a post-pandemic future...

The American mathematician Claude Shannon famously established a lower bound for the number of possible moves in a typical chess match: around 10120…

The trouble with intuition...

The trouble with intuition...

Cognitive bias has been of particular interest to the investing community and long lists of biases – confirmation bias, anchoring, the recency effect and dozens of others – are now the stock-in-trade of beginner investors worldwide…

Don't let overspending be your undoing...

Don't let overspending be your undoing...

Do you struggle to control your spending around your friends and family? If the urge to ‘keep up’ with a certain lifestyle is stretching your finances, it could be time to take action…