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Don't Bury Your Head: Your Super Needs You!
Burying your head and ignoring your Super is a mentality could cost you hundreds of thousands of dollars, but reviewing one particular...
Amanda Varidel
Feb 16, 20184 min read


Mortgage Offset
What is an mortgage offset account and is it right for you? It's really very simple. A mortgage offset account is usually a transaction...
Amanda Varidel
Feb 12, 20187 min read


1.7M Working Aussies Locked Into Horrible Super Nightmare
A member of a sub-standard Industry Superannuation Fund could be potentially $170,000 worse off than a member of a best performing fund...
Amanda Varidel
Feb 5, 20183 min read


Protecting Your Portfolio
It has been 9 years after the GFC and we still have extremely low interest rates. So low that some major banks are spruiking that is the...
Amanda Varidel
Feb 1, 20186 min read


Why Refinance Your Home Loan?
For previous generations of home owners, taking out a mortgage often meant sticking with the same loan and lender for the full term. Not...
Amanda Varidel
Jan 29, 20184 min read


The Retirement Enigma
Preparing for retirement is one hot topic when it comes to an individual’s personal finances. Rather than being hard to come by, coverage...
Amanda Varidel
Jan 24, 20185 min read


Cancer Deaths Can Be Avoided
ALMOST 40 per cent of cancer deaths in Australia are potentially avoidable. New research estimates about 17,000 Australian lives could be...
Amanda Varidel
Jan 22, 20183 min read


Protect Your Greatest Asset
Your income is the foundation upon which your family’s financial plans are built and in most people’s lives there won’t be a larger asset...
Amanda Varidel
Jan 18, 20183 min read


Financial Literacy for Kids
For many people, an exposure to finance and basic money management from a young age has helped them to develop positive financial...
Amanda Varidel
Jan 17, 20183 min read


Is Your Business Insurance due for renewal?
It's as easy as clicking on the picture above.
Amanda Varidel
Jan 15, 20181 min read


You Might Be Surprised At What Drives Interest Rates
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and the major trading banks may play the most visible role in setting interest rates, but in many...
Amanda Varidel
Jan 10, 20184 min read


The Art of Downsizing
The kids have finally left home and now you’re rattling around in a house way bigger than you need. If it’s time to think about...
Amanda Varidel
Jan 8, 20184 min read


New Year's Resolutions: 4 Easy Steps To Becoming Financially Better in 2018
According to a number of studies up to two thirds of Australians report being stressed about money. With the majority of people stressed...
Amanda Varidel
Jan 4, 20184 min read


Don't Get Caught in the Bitcoin Hype
Tremendous “speculative mania” appears to be engulfing markets for cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin. You may not realise that such...
Amanda Varidel
Dec 21, 20173 min read


Tips On Healthy Festive Season Eating
This time of year really is wonderful isn’t it? You’ve worked so hard, and now you get that well deserved break. You finally have time to...
Amanda Varidel
Dec 19, 20171 min read


Does Money Bring Happiness?
The short answer is ‘yes’, but only up to a point. People in richer countries are, collectively, happier than people in poor countries....
Amanda Varidel
Dec 18, 20174 min read


How Much Money Do You Throw Away?
While the move is on to become a cashless society, notes and coins are likely to be with us for some time yet. ‘Touch and go’ payments...
Amanda Varidel
Dec 15, 20174 min read


Bitcoin and Cryptocurrencies
Three years ago Bitcoin was $250AUD. With a 10,000% increase in price since then, it is starting to generate significant buzz with the...
Amanda Varidel
Dec 12, 20174 min read


Christmas On Credit
Christmas on credit Christmas is a time of giving and receiving, but as we approach this most dangerous time of the year for credit...
Amanda Varidel
Dec 8, 20173 min read


1.7M Working Aussies Locked Into Horrible Super Nightmare
A member of a sub-standard Industry Superannuation Fund could be potentially $170,000 worse off than a member of a best performing fund...
Amanda Varidel
Dec 7, 20173 min read
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