by admin | May 19, 2022 | Economics, Family, Federal Budget, First Home, Housing, Lifestyle, Superannuation
The Election on Saturday sees the LNP and ALP hungry for First Home Buyer votes Both policies are extremely different to each other and we will look at them in due course, but first I wanted to take the time to recap the policies that are currently available for...
by admin | Feb 23, 2022 | Debt, Economics, Federal Budget, Investing
Both bonds and equities have lost ground for the year to date. Bonds have weakened in a world of unexpectedly high inflation, which has prompted central banks to start raising interest rates. Equities have suffered as monetary policy looks to tighten more than...
by admin | Feb 16, 2022 | Economics, Family, Federal Budget, First Home, Housing, Insurance, Lifestyle, Retirement, Superannuation, Tax
First change we have is the Removal of the work test for NCCs and Salary Sacrifice. This means that clients aged between 67 and 74 will no longer have to meet the work test to make Non-Concessional Contributions (including using the bring forward rule, where all...
by admin | Jan 28, 2022 | Economics, Federal Budget, First Home, Housing, Index, Interest Rates, Investing, RBA
Coronavirus Victoria and New South Wales saw their economies roar back to life as they emerged from lockdown just in time for a new kid to arrive on the coronavirus block. Omicron spread around the world seemingly within days knocking Delta off the front pages....
by admin | Jan 13, 2022 | Budgeting, Debt, Economics, Federal Budget, Index, Interest Rates, Investing
You might think that only importers and exporters pay attention to the value of the Aussie dollar, but movements in the exchange rate affect us all. After peaking at US$0.81 in January 2018, the Australian dollar fell as low as US$0.61 in March 2020, and is currently...
by admin | Nov 2, 2021 | Economics, Federal Budget, Interest Rates, Investing, RBA
Bonds are back in the news. Yields on 10-year bonds locally and in the US have risen by 44% and 26% respectively since last month. The last time bond yields increased this quickly it sparked a sell-off in technology and other growth stocks in February and March this...
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