Savings Accounts News
Broken pledge would dent super savings
Monday February 28, 2011
It's starting to look like the federal government can be pushed around by just about anyone with a big chequebook.Surge in savings masks current account rise
Saturday February 26, 2011
ONE little-noticed consequence of the resources boom has been a big rise in the current account deficit on our balance of payments with the rest of the world. But when we get the latest figures on Tuesday we're unlikely to see any evidence of that. Why not? Because of the surge in household saving.On good terms
Wednesday February 23, 2011
When it comes to interest rates on your savings, big is not always beautiful in the long run.Ask Noel
Wednesday February 23, 2011
MY WIFE and I owe just $2000 on the house we live in and we pay about $5 fortnight at 5.28 per cent.Thrifty living is back in vogue
Wednesday February 23, 2011
Cut out the small pleasures and watch your savings grow.Planned Coalition energy savings will cost taxpayers, says Labor
Tuesday February 22, 2011
THE state government has challenged the opposition's claims that reorganising the power industry will allow cost savings to fund big energy rebates. It has made pubic Treasury advice indicating that any savings would be limited and take several years to be achieved.Get started now, baby
Sunday February 20, 2011
Want your children to learn about the value of money and saving? The sooner you start teaching them, the better.It doesn't have to be all or nothing
Saturday February 19, 2011
MORE inclined these days to save a few dollars than to splurge on stuff you don't need? Reckon a degree of certainty is worth more than a 100-to-one chance of hitting the jackpot?Seller beware as agents level playing field
Saturday February 19, 2011
More buyers are getting professionals to act on their behalf, writes Lucy Macken.Wrestling with a climate conundrum
Saturday February 19, 2011
IT'S maddening. We have brilliant renewable energy resources, brilliant innovators and a vast pool of superannuation savings looking for opportunities beyond our overvalued, over-analysed, ticket-clipped top 50 listed companies.Urge to splurge fades as savers are born again
Saturday February 19, 2011
The punters, pollies and shock jocks who tell us we're groaning under the weight of the rapidly rising cost of living need to answer a question: if so, how come households are managing to save 10 per cent of their disposable income?The cost of living may be up, but Australians are saving more again
Saturday February 19, 2011
And it's mainly the retailers who are paying the price as a thriftier populace thinks more carefully about its spending and borrowing, writes Ross Gittins.Ask Noel
Wednesday February 16, 2011
I'M a student with three years left of full-time study and working part-time. I have $40,000 in savings, which I don't currently need. It's in an account earning 5 per cent but I wish to invest it to generate higher returns over a five-year period. What are my options?Search on for Mubarak's missing billions
Monday February 14, 2011
HOSNI Mubarak used the 18 days it took for protesters to topple him to shift his vast wealth into untraceable accounts overseas, according to Western intelligence sources.BRIEFS
Saturday February 5, 2011
SUPERANNUATIONAsk Noel
Wednesday February 2, 2011
I HAVE recently retired and will turn 60 next month. I have three super funds but I will not need to touch them for some time as I have savings I intend using for the next six to 12 months.
