Category: Strategic Financial Advice

If retirement’s coming up on your horizon, you’ll be keen to make sure your plans stay on track. It makes sense to concentrate on things you can control, such as insurance.

With the initial six-month deferral period coming to an end, lenders have started contacting customers who deferred their home and business loans due to COVID-19.

If you’d like your money to make a difference to the world as well as to your future, ethical investing may be for you.

Timing is everything. After decades of work, moving to the next stage of your life is a time of great anticipation. Your super is at its highest, you’ve planned for a lifetime of retirement income… and then…. 2020 happens.

As an investor it’s very easy to get thrown off by the ever-present worry list surrounding investment markets that relates to economic activity, profits, interest rates, politics, and so on. Against this backdrop, there are some key things for investors to keep in mind in order to be successful.

There’s always been a lot of unknowns when it comes to retirement but throw a global pandemic into the mix, and we’re feeling more uncertainty than ever before.

Older people who are struggling to live at home and take care of themselves often face a dilemma. For those who might be weighing up or delaying moving into an aged care facility this year, these Government-funded care programs may be of interest.

Credit markets are being pulled in different directions. On one hand, weaker economic activity levels are expected to weigh on corporate profitability and default rates are highly likely to rise. On the other hand, central bank buying as part of enormous asset purchase programs are providing important support.

A Joe Biden presidency may come with an economic impact. So what are the the implications for investors and how would this effect Australia?

From the get-go back in March, as coronavirus lockdowns hit, there has been much debate about what this recession would be like: how deep would it go and how long would it be?

Australians enjoy one of the highest life expectancies in the world, which means you can look forward to a long and comfortable retirement. While that’s fantastic news, it also makes saving for retirement more important than ever.