Trade execution is crucial, directly affecting the price, cost, and overall return of a trade. While poor execution can result in higher costs due to wider bid-ask spreads, slippage, or unfavourable market timing, effective execution ensures trades are made at optimal prices with minimal costs,...
Protecting income from unexpected illness and injury is particularly important to anyone with a mortgage to service, small business owners and self-employed people with no sick leave available. With income protection insurance, you can be paid some 70 per cent of your income for a specified...
Let’s face it, while we want to be living our best lives, it is only too easy to get bogged down by the daily grind. If you are one of those who tends to put off financial admin tasks – read on as the boring...
If you enjoy a touch of luxury when you get away, thinking about the ideal vacation can conjure up daydreams of sipping champagne by an infinity pool, relaxing in a fluffy hotel robe and slippers, and having someone bring you room service. The problem is, it’s...
We’ve all heard the old saying ‘an elephant never forgets’- but unlike elephants, we humans certainly don’t have flawless recall. Forgetting where you left your keys or the name of the person you met last week, is all too familiar. Memory lapses happen to the...
Which records to keep for your property so you can work out CGT when you sell it. Property records you should keep For your property, you should keep records of: your acquisition of the property and related expenses, such as purchase contract stamp duty legal fees settlement statement survey and valuation fees your disposal...
Aware Super has reduced administration fees for members with a retirement income account by up to 25 per cent and lowered the maximum annual fee. From 1 June, the superannuation fund will reduce the annual administration fee for retirement income and retirement transition members from 0.23...
Advisers appeared to take a dual approach to the volatility that rocked markets in early April after US President Donald Trump announced wide-ranging tariffs on Liberation Day. AUSIEX trading data suggests many are positioning for a broad recovery via exchange traded funds (ETFs), while also...
Our homes are our havens. Whether we own property or rent, our homes are often the most valuable asset we own, so naturally, we want to know how to protect them. Home insurance is a great way to safeguard ourselves against the unknown. But when the...
One in four adults are not able to set aside money to save. Australians have identified the cost of debt repayments, bills and everyday expenses as their greatest challenges to saving money. 25 per cent of the adults surveyed by NAB late last year said that these...
He is also an accomplished presenter and educator
Co-authoring the popular investment book, Property vs Shares.