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You Won’t Live Forever But Your FaceBook Posts Might
You won’t live forever but your posts on Facebook might! Posts on Facebook, comments on YouTube and photos on Instagram will live on after death, raising estate planning considerations. The number of Facebook accounts held…
Plan for a memorable wedding day, not a memorable wedding bill
According to the latest Easy Weddings wedding planning survey, the average cost for Australians to get married is $30,000. No doubt there is a large range of budgets for couples on their special day, but undoubtedly…
My Top 10 Tips for Building Wealth Sensibly
There are a lot of ‘rules’ for wealth floating around – especially after the New Year. I’ve read a few, and many of them are great. I thought I’d share my personal “Top Tips” that I…
Online and On-Demand
In today’s world we are seeing more and more services move to the online environment. We can now order tickets, food, gadgets and other products that we used to go to a physical shopfront for. In…
Traditional Employment Is Changing, So What About Super?
According to the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) there is a ‘gig economy’ trend arising, and it may significantly affect superannuation and retirement. The gig economy is where buyers and sellers of goods and…
Effective Goal Setting
Have you thought about what you want from life? How much time have you spent thinking about it? Have you actually set yourself a plan to how you will get there? A key barrier to…
Moving in Together – What About the Money?
So you and your partner have decided to take that next step in your relationship and move in together. I’m sure you’ve had your fill of advice from family and friends (and of course the internet)…
Are Young People Being Priced Out of The Property Market?
We’ve been seeing a slew of media reports about the soaring house prices Australia-wide, and we’ve certainly heard a lot of talk about ‘bubbles’ and ‘entitlement’. Our government is working at applying more pressure to financial…
Where Should Generation Y’s Actually Put Their Cash?
Let us put the avocado references aside for once, what should Generation Y’s be doing with their money? ABC asked some experts, and their response can be found here. It might sound confusing or even a…
4 Ways To Prevent Fights About Money With Your Partner
4 Ways to prevent fights about money with your partner My Mum used to say to me while I was growing up that couples only ever fought about two things: sex and money. Here are…