Insights

Technology can be a double-edged sword in the work-from-home revolution. Steve Sammartino looks into how employers are increasingly using software to monitor their remote workers.

What a rollercoaster ride 2022 is dishing up! As we head into spring, it's worth a quick round-up of a year that to date, has delivered more than a few surprises.

Cost of living increases are leaving household budgets thinly stretched. The solution can be to lower your personal rate of inflation.

Apple, Amazon, even Berkshire Hathaway - it is possible to get a slice of the corporate action without breaking the bank.

With the busyness of our day-to-day lives, it's sometimes easy to forget that the greatest thing we can do is to help others. We look at the importance of giving back.

The share market pendulum oscillates between greed and fear, optimism and pessimism, and high and low prices. We look at why understanding the pendulum can give an investor an edge.

Robert Gottliebsen gives investors the inside track on the rumblings about changes to superannuation rules, looks at what the China-Taiwan tussle means for share markets and global trade and analyses how BHP is creating a new, bigger Big Australian.

As we've learned over the last few years, pandemics can radically change human behaviour. From hoarding toilet paper to wearing face masks, we've taken steps that would have been unthinkable prior to 2020. The way we invested also changed.

Whether it's negotiating the price of a house, buying a leather jacket, or selling shares, the anchoring effect stops us from achieving the best outcome. We look at why.

Scott Francis examines the modelling behind another attempt to answer one of the biggest personal finance questions - how much will I need to retire?

Steve Sammartino goes looking for the biggest TV star in the world and discovers a generational shift in the answers that has investing implications for the industrial media complex.

Scott Francis considers the arguments for and against dividend reinvestment plans.

Shares have had a rough year so far but investors with a long term outlook will know this can mean buying opportunities.

Getting your kids to start investing early can make a big difference to their financial future. Here's how to convince them

James Ling lifts the veil on card and mobile payments and the impact crypto might have on their current dominance.

As mortgage terms grow longer, homebuyers need to be aware of the added cost.