Paul Clitheroe

Paul Clitheroe AM is Money's founder and editorial adviser. He is one of Australia's leading financial voices, responsible for bringing financial insight to Australians through personal finance books, the Money TV show, and this publication, which he established in 1999. Paul is the chair of Ecstra, an independent charitable foundation building financial wellbeing of Australians. He is chairman of InvestSMART Financial Services, and was chair of the Australian Government Financial Literacy Board and Financial Literacy Australia from 2004 to 2019. He is the chair of Financial Literacy at Macquarie University where he is also a Professor with the School of Business and Economics.

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Ask Paul: I can pay off my investment property in full but should I?

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Kaye has the money to pay off her investment property in full, but should she keep making payments while it is rented out?

Ask Paul: My daughter has saved $40k more than her husband for a house

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Col's daughter has saved $40,000 more than her husband towards their home deposit. Should he pay her back to keep things equal?

Ask Paul: Should we buy or rent to be near a good government school?

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Should Vivek and his wife buy a home near a good government school, or pay down their existing mortgage and send the kids to private school?

Ask Paul: Should we borrow against our house to buy shares?

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Should Ang and her partner take out a line of credit on their home to start investing in index funds? "I hate the idea of borrowing against my house," says Paul Clitheroe.

Ask Paul: Where is the best place to put our five-year-old’s savings?

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Dave's five-year-old has almost $2500 in a CBA kids savings account. It's not earning much interest, so should Dave invest it instead?

Ask Paul: Sell properties to fund retirement or keep them as rentals?

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Maree and her partner own three investment properties to help fund their retirement. Are they better off selling and putting the money into super, or continuing to rent them out?

Ask Paul: My partner died and I don’t want to make mistakes

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Toa's partner died 18 months ago leaving her with three kids and a large sum of money. She's trying to plan for the future but isn't sure of her next step.

Ask Paul: I’m about to inherit $360,000 – will I lose my pension?

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Linda and her sister are set to inherit about $360,000 each. How will this affect their aged pensions?

Ask Paul: Where should I put savings while term deposit rates are low?

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At 71, Margaret can't afford for her savings to go backwards in a term deposit. But what other options does she have?

It’s easy to paint a negative outlook for 2020: Paul Clitheroe

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Geopolitical tensions are very real, writes Paul Clitheroe, so what we can expect from the economy in 2020?
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