Superannuation

Saving money for your superannuation.

Super Funds: Long term outlook

As most of you will know, Australian Super Funds have lost alot of money in the past 3months with all that is going on around the world. This is hard for people who wish to retire shortly as there money is extremely lower then what it should be due to exposure to the risk in [...]

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Retirement Calculator – Do the maths!

Do you ever think to yourself – How much money do I need to retire? The best way to find out how much money is needed for retirement is by using a retirement calculator to help with your retirement planning. The use of a retirement calculator will not only predict how much money you will [...]

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Super Co-Contribution Scheme Australia

No I am not joking – the Australian Government is actually giving away money to low to middle income earners. This is through the scheme call the Superannuation Co-contribution scheme in which the government will match each dollar you put into your super with $1.50 upto $1000. As of 5th August 2008 this article is [...]

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Locate your lost super (superannuation)

Like many Australians, I have held multiple jobs over my working life and have had a different super fund for each one of them which seem to always accumulated a little bit of money before I move on. What does that mean? Lost Super. Lost Super (Superannuation) is becoming quite a large scale problem in [...]

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Start thinking about retirement

Many people are interested in saving money, especially people who are either retired or about to retire. The harsh reality hits you that your superannuation or savings are now required to actually live by – and should you over spend, you do not get another chance to earn money unless you want to continue working [...]

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