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Smart Moves before the Financial Year Ends
The end of the financial year is an opportunity to optimise your financial strategy, take advantage of tax deductions, and set yourself up for the new financial year. Whether you're...
Market Movements & Economic Review – June 2025
Stay up to date with what's happened in the Australian economy and markets over the past month. There was a sigh of relief all round when the Reserve Bank lowered...
Winter 2025
With Winter now upon us, it’s time to embrace the joys of the cooler months of the year. Now that the federal election is out of the way, and another...
RBA Update – Interest Rates have gone down
At its latest meeting, the Reserve Bank Board announced it was reducing the cash rate to 3.85 per cent, down from 4.10 per cent. Please click here to view the Statement by Michele Bullock,...
May 2025
While many Australians had the opportunity to enjoy two consecutive long weekends in April, as we move into May the focus is now on the federal election. The month of...
Forging new bonds – How bonds work.
Bonds are not usually the flashy upstarts of the investment world with their every move reported, like stocks. But the Trump Administration’s extraordinary refashioning of world trade, with on-again off-again...
Dollar Cost Averaging
Australian share prices have seen record highs in 2024 after a sluggish couple of years. The S&P ASX200 index added just under 7 per cent in the 10 months to...
Super vs Property
There is no debate that Australians love investing in property. The value of Australian residential real estate at the end of August 2024 was an estimated $10.95 trillion.i Some love...
Market Movements & Economic Review – April 2025
Stay up to date with what's happened in the Australian economy and markets over the past month. Following March’s Federal Budget, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced a national election for...
April 2025
As we move into April, and hot on the heels of the recent Federal Budget, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced a national election for May 3 - kicking off...
2025-2026 Federal Budget Analysis
Treasurer aims to “rebuild living standards” Much of the 2025 Federal Budget was already known, after a volley of pre-election spruiking for votes. But Treasurer Jim Chalmers had one surprise...
Turbocharge your Super before 30 June
More than half of us set a new financial goal at the beginning of 2025, according to ASIC’s Moneysmart website. While most financial goals include saving money and paying down...