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Steve Sammartino explains the economic impact that the post-COVID work from home revolution will have on real estate and wages.

COVID-19 has changed many things in our lives, and not all of them for the better. But one positive to come out of the pandemic is that Australians are talking more about money.

As the flood of share purchase plan announcements continue to flow through to the ASX, Alex Gluyas looks into which ASX200 directors have been getting involved while doing the usual rounds of insider transactions.

Recently we launched the InvestSMART Q&A section and a number of investors and visitors have found their way to there. Each month we will highlight a handful of questions. Please feel free to come along and send through a question.

In the final part of her three-part series on SMSF compliance, Lisa Papachristoforos runs through some handy tips to reduce your SMSF fees.

We've all had plenty to deal with this year, so it's no surprise that carry-forward super contributions may have passed under the radar of many pre-retirees.

After a 3000 per cent share price surge on the back of an announcement with Samsung that piqued the ASX's interest, Alex Gluyas speaks with the Chief Executive of Etherstack, David Deacon, to see what all the fuss is about.

In part two of her three-part series on SMSF compliance, Lisa Papachristoforos runs through what information and documentation need to be provided to prepare an SMSF financials and tax return.

Performance rarely lasts, but small fee reductions can add materially to your retirement savings.

Steve Sammartino explains the existence of the 'Dichotomy Economy' – whereby the majority of attention and revenue now reside at the extreme ends of the market and the traditionally defensive middle ground has been eroded.

Patrick Duke outlines the recent SMSF regulatory and legislative changes and how they will impact your superannuation fund going forward.

The COVID-19 pandemic is not just influencing our lives today. It could impact our finances for many years to come.

Alex Gluyas explains how the acceleration in online shopping and working from home have allowed industrial property to break away from its struggling retail and office space counterparts.

Former deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia and current non-resident fellow of the Lowy Institute, Stephen Grenville, takes us back to the catalyst of MMT's push towards mainstream economics in the GFC and explains how the COVID-19 crisis has given this radical rethink of economics a huge boost in popularity.

InvestSMART Capped Fee Portfolio quarterly updates for June

Investment markets may be unpredictable but one thing is for sure - each year seems to go by faster.