Savings Guide Australia

Paul Lim of The New York Times recently published an article on the three dangers to investment in the United States; earnings risk, valuation risk and policy risk. Overall, the risks facing investors in this first year of the new decade appeared to centre around the effects of fluctuating government policy and the ability of [...]

The moment you realise your skirt is tucked into your knickers. The moment you realise something rather unforgiveable has just left your mouth. The moment you realise you’re 100% totally skint.

The Sydney Morning Herald had some interesting news for me this morning. I could lose weight just by using economics. It was a shock, I can tell you. After consideration of the Atkins diet, several gym memberships and much repentance after every food binge, I’m happy to look somewhere else for advice on how to [...]

Ah, love is in the air. I can tell by all the couples who are looking apprehensive and frightened, and all the singles who are declaring that V Day is commercial crap that they want no part in. Sunday will probably bring its fair share of proposals, and with it, a lot of financial decisions. [...]

Let’s just clear the air on this one before I go on; I don’t actually own a first home so everything contained in this article is purely theoretical. I look forward to the day when I can think about investment properties (having my own car/ buying expensive cheeses) but at the moment, even first home [...]

Emergency fund or credit card balance? Security versus debt repayments. Is this conundrum a case of plastic versus prudence, or a surefire way to make your debt repayments impossible?
In this day and age, money is tight and knowing how best to deploy it is no easy task. The debate over the emergency fund versus credit [...]