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Changes to Personal Income Tax Rates

The Federal Government is proposing changes to the personal income tax cuts initially set to begin on July 1, 2024. The three-points plan announced in the 2018-19 Federal Budget, aimed to address the issue of tax rates not keeping up…

David LiangFebruary 13, 2024

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Investing is not the nightly news

Some little time go I had a fairly veiled rant about the focus of media attention on the short-term movement in investment markets. I thought a few pictures might amplify, so I took to the stocks app on my iPhone.…

Paul WrightAugust 17, 2022

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Inflation, Interest Rates and the Cost of Living

Tuesday’s decision by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to increase interest rates has only added to what has been a bumpy start to the year in both share and bond markets. Markets like certainty, they thrive when the future…

Allan DunnJune 17, 2022

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MARKETS AND THE PRICING-IN OF WAR – Russia/Ukraine War

Isaac Asimov — 'Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.' As we moved from 2021 into 2022 there was a slight glimpse of a future that looked something like we had seen prior to 2020 and the onset…

Paul WrightMarch 22, 2022

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What could top 2020… 2021 of course!

The COVID pandemic has been awful for many around the globe. It has changed life as we have known it, perhaps forever. If you can put that aside, for investors, super fund members and homeowners, 2021 was about as…

Allan DunnFebruary 4, 2022

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And then there was one…

One of the questions that is regularly asked relates to how superannuation is dealt with on a person’s death. Picture this… Dave and Marg are retirees. They both have accumulated superannuation which is being used to pay each of…

Allan DunnNovember 12, 2021

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Financial Advice for Transitioning to Retirement

I have been a financial planner and advising clients for the better part of 30 years. From that experience, I know that the transition to retirement is one of the most daunting times that clients are faced with. You will…

Allan DunnSeptember 3, 2021

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What If We Could Predict The Future?

At times like these, it is tempting to seek a secure prediction of the future, after all, we have been living through uncertain times for most of the last year or so, from floods to fire, back to floods and…

Paul WrightJanuary 20, 2021

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Invest In Gold? What’s So Special About Gold?

In recent weeks we have had an increasing number of enquiries about how people can invest in gold. Traditionally, many investors would obtain exposure to gold assets by buying shares in gold producing companies. The shares in these companies fluctuate…

Paul WrightSeptember 23, 2020

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Why the market is rising during COVID-19?

Since March 23 we have seen an increase in the value of the ASX 200 of around 25% and in a previous article, I explained how markets always look forward rather than backward (see here). It all seems so logical…

Paul WrightJune 9, 2020

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