Just over four years ago Sarah bought an investment property.  To help pay for it she took out a $400,000, 25-year mortgage that offered interest-only (IO) repayments for the first five years.

At an interest rate of 4% per annum those initial repayments amounted to $1,...

Avoid a financial hangover with these useful tips on Buy-Now-Pay-Later.

Forget about location, location, location being the key to a good investment outcome. For now, let’s think of the most important ingredient as being regular, regular, regular!

A regular savings plan can turn small amounts of money into a sum that can take you closer to...

Each new generation will treat money differently to the last, but children of the 21st Century certainly have many more uses for money than those of the last century. Not all that long ago a bike or a doll was a 5-year-old’s dream gift; now it’s an iPad!

Attitudes and a...

What’s happening in Australia? 

• Economy – the Australian economy grew by 0.8 percent q/q (seasonally-adjusted) in the June quarter of 2017 and 2.0 percent y/y.

• Growth - was relatively broad-based with domestic final demand and net exports contributing strongly.

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Economic Update - worries over worsening family finances

Australian wages are rising at their slowest pace on record, subduing spending at a point when household debt has climbed to an all-time peak. Combine this with an inflation rate which is at a 2 ½ year high has me...