Insights

Banks' stock prices will continue to face pressure, but they are excellent dividend payers and that may soon become their greatest strength.

Paying off your home, or saving more for retirement? Low interest rates make one strategy particularly effective.

The outlook for bonds, a September market summary poem, how to invest overseas and more.

All the attention is on lending inside SMSFs, but there are alternatives where you can use the cash in your fund to help finance a property without breaking the rules.

The real problem with Australia's property market isn't a just shortage of supply, it's the scarcity of affordable housing.

Economic reforms such as a national carbon price could usher in dramatic changes on China's energy landscape.

The Australian Energy Market Operator suggests the power networks are still inflating their demand forecasts. What's extraordinary is AEMO reveals most still don't consider the impact of energy efficiency or solar on demand.

A new solar cell technology to separate hydrogen from water could be a big part of the storage solution for a 100% renewables grid.

News Corp's acquisition of real estate platform Move Inc. provides some insight into one potential leg of the group's growth strategy.

Palmer's long-running feud with Campbell Newman is back in the limelight, but using a Senate inquiry to embarrass the Queensland government ahead of next year's state election is unlikely to work.

Microsoft is pinning its hopes that the latest iteration of Windows will find ready acceptance by an increasingly sceptical and difficuly to please market. For their sake, let's hope they got it right this time.

Keeping things simple has added meaning when it comes to the running of a company.

iOS 8 makes quite a few concessions for iPhone 6 Plus owners in acknowledgement that Apple's giant smartphone will feel more like a tablet to some people.

Boston Consulting Group Senior Partner, Hal Sirkin, explains how changing labour arrangements have shifted manufacturing jobs back towards America, and how Australia can refocus its own waning industries.

At a remote NSW farm an ageing but sturdy solar system allows visitors the rare joy of bush living - but also reveals challenges ahead for off-grid migration.

We are counting down to our last Ford Falcons and Holden Commodores but amid the gloom Perth-based Flying Machine can't wait to get started.