A helping hand onto the property ladder
Buying your first home is always a big step, but with property prices rising faster than pay packets taking that first step seems more challenging than ever.
Investment
Responsible investing on the rise
For many people, there’s much more to choosing investments than focusing exclusively on financial returns. Returns are important, but a growing number of people also want their investments align with their values.
Investing Lessons from the Pandemic
When the coronavirus pandemic hit financial markets in March 2020, almost 40 per cent was wiped off the value of shares in less than a month. Understandably, many investors hit the panic button and switched to cash or withdrew savings from superannuation. Was this a wise choice?
A trusted investment vehicle
Family trusts are a popular and effective investment structure to manage and protect your family’s fortune, but you don’t have to be worth a fortune to benefit from having one.
Investment options and retirement
If retirement was on your horizon in the next five years or so, the market downturn due to COVID-19 coronavirus might have prompted you to take a closer look at your superannuation and how it’s invested. Perhaps you’ve seen your balance drop and are now wondering what you need to do to get your retirement back on track?
Diversification – why it matters now more than ever
If you’re an investor (or considering becoming one), some essentials are important to know, and of these, few are more important than diversification. Diversification is a way of spreading the risk associated with investments, or more simply, not putting all your eggs into one basket.
5 tips for green investing
How to build environmental, social and governance factors into your investments
Boost savings with compound interest
If your goal is to save for the future, or perhaps start putting away for your children’s education – then unless you plan on putting your savings under your mattress, the sooner you start the better.
How to invest your money
If you’re interested in seeing what your options are outside of investment property and super this article explores some of the different investment options available.
Things to avoid as a newbie investor
Whatever your age, if you’re thinking of dabbling in investments like shares, managed funds or cryptocurrencies, here’s a list of common mistakes which are generally worth steering clear of.