Investing
Should super funds become lenders? We look at both sides
Anthony Pratt, Gina Rinehart and Lindsay Fox have called on the super industry to start lending directly to businesses, bypassing the banks. So should super funds become lenders?
How to invest in cryptocurrency without being scammed
The Japanese exchange Coincheck lost $660 million of the NEM currency to hackers, so how can you invest in cryptocurrency without being hacked or scammed?
How to best maximise your income in retirement
Age matters when it comes to super. By the time you hit 60, you need to start thinking about strategies to maximise income in retirement.
How you can make the most of recent volatile markets
The common cry is: "Don't panic!" It's true that panic never helps but certainly urgent action - be it buying or selling - is often the prudent course.
Insider information: investing myths you need to forget
Access to IPOs. Insider information. Writing options. These are the investing myths you need to forget.
Eight things you need to know about SMSFs and property
If you are purchasing a residential property through your SMSF, you can't live in it and neither can anyone related to you, even if they pay market rent.
Ask Paul: Loophole to let kids inherit my super tax-free?
Kevin has found a way to leave his super to his adult daughters without them being hit with a tax bill. So what does Paul Clitheroe think of the loophole?
Poor performance: why you shouldn’t set up an SMSF
While industry super funds earned 8.8% over the five years to 2015-2016, SMSFs with assets of $500,000 to $1 million returned an average of just 3.7%. Ouch!
Tax office warns of three dodgy SMSF schemes you need to avoid
Lots of shuffling of legal paperwork and a general air that a tax or investment scheme is "too good to be true"? It is.
The investing book that started it all: how $25 changed my life
I clearly remember the moment I first picked up Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist by Roger Lowenstein. It was December 1996, and the book set off a chain of events that led to me achieving many of my financial goals ahead of schedule.
