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Building an investment portfolio strong enough to withstand the market storms it may endure takes considerable skill, patience and maintaining a careful balance.

Investment

DIY investment or super: What to consider when choosing the option for you

Just as most people on Grand Designs end up learning, DIY is never as easy or cheap as it looks.

Investment

How an Industry SuperFund can help you weather stockmarket storms

How an Industry SuperFund can help you weather stockmarket storms

How would you react if your nest egg lost 40 per cent of its value in just a few weeks? If you’re not sure, it may be best to leave stock-picking to the professionals.

Weathering a stockmarket storm can involve enduring some short, sharp shocks as share prices tank.

Retirement Income

Super versus residential property: Weighing up retirement income pros and cons

Super versus residential property: Weighing up retirement income pros and cons

Putting all of your hopes of a retirement income into a single residential property is way too much like putting all your eggs in one basket.

Unless you plan on managing tenants yourself, the cost of a rental agent is one you should factor into any property investment.

Retirement Income

Weighing up an SMSF? Look at an Industry SuperFund before you leap

Weighing up an SMSF? Look at an Industry SuperFund before you leap

Self-managed super funds work for a very select group of retirement savers. Learn how to tell if you're one of them.

A puppy, or indeed any pet, requires a serious commitment of time and money – just like funding and managing a self-managed super fund.

Retirement Income

Understanding your options: ‘Balanced’ isn’t the only super investment choice

Understanding your options: ‘Balanced’ isn’t the only super investment choice

Industry SuperFunds offer you more investment flexibility than you might think.

When it comes to investments, you'd be wise not to put all your eggs in one basket.

Age Pension

Don’t get trapped in the past: A super lump sum isn’t your only retirement option

Don’t get trapped in the past: A super lump sum isn’t your only retirement option

Keeping even a small savings balance in the super system after retirement can help boost your Age Pension.

Plenty of things have improved over the years, including your options for creating an income stream in retirement.

Age Pension

Do I have to spend up big so I can get the Age Pension? Don’t fall for this furphy

Do I have to spend up big so I can get the Age Pension? Don’t fall for this furphy

The Age Pension asset and income tests are more generous than you might think and the deeming rate is in your favour.

You don’t have to sacrifice your hard-earned superannuation savings to get the maximum Age Pension.

Age Pension

The biggest superannuation fairy tale: ‘I need $1 million to retire’

The biggest superannuation fairy tale: ‘I need $1 million to retire’

It’s all about working the smart way with the superannuation you’ve got.

Don’t let one of the most popular retirement fairy stories put you off setting your retirement date.

Age Pension

How to use an account-based pension to max out your Age Pension entitlement

How to use an account-based pension to max out your Age Pension entitlement

The Age Pension is unlikely to disappear, but its entitlement rules do change, so it’s important to stay on top of them when it comes to your super income.

Account-based pensions are designed to work together with the Age Pension to keep your retirement income plans running smoothly.

Money

How superannuation funds are faring so far this year

How superannuation funds are faring so far this year

For a while, it looked as if nearly a decade of strong super performance could be at an end.

Share markets motored upward in early 2019 and the outlook is relatively sunny for the rest of the year.