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Personal Finance

How to replace your wage with passive income in 3 steps

| Tristan Harrison

It’s a straightforward process to replace a salary with dividends.

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Tax

How much tax do your ASX shares pay? Why it might matter

| Zach Bristow

Taxes. One of the two unavoidables in life.

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Personal Finance

Relying on bank term deposits to build wealth? You need to read this

| Tristan Harrison

Looking to grow your net worth? Term deposits may not be the best choice.

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Retirement

How would the proposed unrealised gains tax impact your superannuation?

| Zach Bristow

If passed, the impacts could be profound for those with higher-end super balances.

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Personal Finance

$50,000 in an offset? The hidden cost of not investing in ASX shares

| Mitchell Lawler

Saving 7.5% using an offset is not the same as earning 7.5% on shares.

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Personal Finance

Dividends or capital gains from ASX shares: Which are better?

| Tristan Harrison

Should investors be more interested in one type of return over another?

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Retirement

Delayed retirement and other costs of being the Bank of Mum and Dad

| Bronwyn Allen

A survey shows delayed retirement and lost opportunities to travel are among the costs.

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Personal Finance

5 ways ASX shares investors define financial success

| Bronwyn Allen

What does financial success mean to you?

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Recent Personal Finance News

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Tax

ASX investors need to avoid this MASSIVE mistake in June that ATO will chase you for

| Tony Yoo

It starts off as innocent tax-loss selling, but it can easily turn into something far more sinister that the tax…

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Personal Finance

5 rules to help you build serious wealth

| Tristan Harrison

I’m following these rules to help boost my long-term finances.

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Investing Strategies

How much do I need to invest in ASX 200 shares to quit work and live off dividends?

| Tristan Harrison

Here’s how ASX 200 shares could be the ticket to a comfortable life.

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Share Market News

3 reasons not investing at all could be riskier than trying to invest

| Tristan Harrison

Households could be better off in the long term by investing.

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Investing Strategies

Expert reveals THE most critical thing to building wealth (and it's not what you think)

| Tony Yoo

Is it income? Is it investment returns? Here is one pundit's take on what will determine your financial future.

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Dividend Investing

Are Coles dividends better than a savings term deposit?

| Sebastian Bowen

We check whether the Coles dividend is still higher than returns from a cash savings account.

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Bank Shares

Savings or dividends? What these 3 ASX bank shares are offering for income

| Sebastian Bowen

Dividends or interest? How can investors earn cash from ASX bank shares?

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Cryptocurrencies

5 warnings from the ATO for crypto investors

| Tony Yoo

Are you reporting cryptocurrencies the correct way on your 2022 tax return? Here are some tips from the tax man.

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Share Market News

ATO's brutal warning to ASX investors

| Tony Yoo

A common practice in June is under scrutiny as the tax office seeks to stamp out illegal 'wash selling' of…

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Tax

The ATO is collecting crypto taxes. Here are 5 handy expert tips come tax time

| Bernd Struben

A number of factors will determine how much tax, if any, crypto investors need to pay to the ATO this…

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Cryptocurrencies

Own crypto or NFTs? Here's why the ATO could have you in their sights come tax time

| Bernd Struben

More than a million Aussies are estimated to have transacted in digital currencies and NFTs this year.

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Personal Finance

What happened to the IAG share price in April?

| Sebastian Bowen

Here's how the IAG share price fared last month.

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Tax

Investing in ASX shares? Here's what you need to know come tax time: expert

| Bernd Struben

Australia has a world-leading dividend imputation scheme in place to prevent double taxation.

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Tax

Investing in cryptos? Here's what you need to know come tax time: expert

| Bernd Struben

Don't ignore your digital asset investment gains or losses come tax time.

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Personal Finance

This is how much the average Aussie needs to feel 'rich'

| Tony Yoo

Instead of saving and investing, a new survey finds Australians want massive yearly salaries to become rich.

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Cryptocurrencies

Australia's first physical crypto gift cards are now on sale for Christmas

| Tony Yoo

Maybe this is the present for that special someone who is very hard to buy for. You can even go…

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Cryptocurrencies

Aussie app promises 4%pa return on AUD 'stablecoin' cryptocurrency

| Tony Yoo

Comparison site reckons 12,000 Australians are waiting to plough their money into this earner. This is how it works.

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Tax

Own ASX ETFs? Why the ATO might be focusing on you

| Tristan Harrison

The ATO is paying closer attention to ETF investors.

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Tax

Warning to all ETF shareholders doing their tax returns

| Tony Yoo

Exchange-traded funds are so popular now, but there is a taxation trap ready to maim any investor who is not…

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How to invest

4 tax-time tips for first-time ASX share investors

| Tony Yoo

Pay attention, rookies. This is advice direct from the Australian Taxation Office.

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Cash Rates

NAB (ASX:NAB) share price up following prediction of no rate hike until 2024

| Brooke Cooper

NAB's prediction is in line with that of the Reserve Bank of Australia.

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Cryptocurrencies

How does the ATO know how much money I made from cryptocurrencies?

| Tony Yoo

Digital currencies like Bitcoin and Ether are meant to be anonymous on the blockchain, right? So how would the tax…

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Tax

Selling some ASX shares before tax time? Here's what you should know

| Mitchell Lawler

Don't let the tax bug bite this financial year. Here's what to know...

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Tax

Has the Federal Budget changed how your shares are taxed?

| Brooke Cooper

In a bid to attract talent to Australian companies, this year's Federal Budget is making changes to tax defered employee…

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Personal Finance

Young people dominated COVID super withdrawals last year

| Sebastian Bowen

New research shows that younger Australians withdrew more from their super accounts last year than other age groups. Here's a…

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Tax

What Biden's capital gains tax changes could mean for the ASX 200

| Marc Sidarous

What could Joe Biden’s latest proposal mean for the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO). Motley Fool Australia's Scott Phillips breaks…

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Tax

Can you imagine paying tax on every share purchase?

| Tony Yoo

Real estate investors fork out thousands of dollars for stamp duty for each transaction. Did you know stock buyers had…

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Tax

How does tax on ASX shares in Australia work?

| Sebastian Bowen

Tax on Australian shares? With tax time fast approaching, here are some taxation tips to remember for your ASX share…

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Economy

The Australian economy will recover from COVID-19 this year, says IMF

| Brooke Cooper

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) updated its global economic growth forecast, upping the Australian economy's predicted growth to 4.5%

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Personal Finance

More Aussies now think shares are better than real estate

| Tony Yoo

Half of Australia still reckons giving their cash to the bank is better than stocks. So still plenty of money…

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Personal Finance

4 ways to make your money work harder in 2021

| Tristan Harrison

This article is about 4 different ways that Aussies can make their money work harder for them in 2021. A…

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Personal Finance

Here's how to make a $1 million share portfolio by investing $1,000 a month

| Tristan Harrison

If want to see how to make a $1 million ASX share portfolio by investing $1,000 a month, this article…

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Personal Finance

How wealthy are you compared to the average household?

| Sebastian Bowen

How wealthy is your household compared to the average Australian? The answer might surprise you, since wealth inequality is pervasive

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Tax

Do you have to pay tax on your ASX shares? – A common question answered

| Sebastian Bowen

Wondering if you have to pay tax on your ASX shares? Here are some answers to this common question about…

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Personal Finance

Here's why superannuation changes could see an ETF boom

| Sebastian Bowen

Government changes to how superannuation is regulated in Australia could lead to a boom in index funds and ETFs. Is…

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Personal Finance

3 important rules to help you build wealth

| Tristan Harrison

: I think that there are a few important rules to help you build wealth. I’m going to share three…

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Bank Shares

Why ASX bank shares are rocketing up Friday

| Tony Yoo

Big banks rejoice as they no longer have to report to ASIC about their loan approvals and rejections.

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How to invest

CBA CEO: Borrowing to invest is asking for trouble

| Tony Yoo

Matt Comyn recalls the time when he met a low-income retiree who had lost their life savings after receiving very…

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Personal Finance

3 personal finance tips to help strong investing

| Tristan Harrison

I’ve got 3 personal finance tips to help provide the foundation for the ability to go out and confidently invest…

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⏸️ Investor Education

$1.1 billion pot: Do you have lost shares to claim?

| Tony Yoo

Lost stocks, dividends and bank accounts are just sitting there. Here's how to get your hands on your piece of…

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