Opinion

Debt rings alarm bells

WHEN investment writers talk about “realistic expectations” it is normally about alerting investors to the fact that high market returns usually don't continue.
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Growth secrets: The 14 keys to growth

HIGH growth can occur by chance but waiting around for it to happen is hardly a proactive strategy.

Can you really stretch your money?

MOST of the things on money must-do lists are usually highly reasonable and responsible. But the burning question is how to stretch our income far enough.
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Tax breaks encourage savings

TAX breaks on interest income introduced in the Federal Budget will hopefully encourage more Australians to save. But they are certainly not the only option.

Do your savings have an afterlife?

DESPITE spending much of our lives worrying about money, many of us never stop to consider what will happen to our savings after we die.

Tyre kickers or real customers

ASSESSING new clients (carefully) and keeping the tyre kickers to a minimum is a major challenge for businesses.

10 things I've learnt from experience

FRED Schebesta is well known to SmartCompany readers as an online traffic guru and the former owner of Freestyle Media.

Boomers could teach Gen Y a lesson

THOSE who entered the workforce in the past decade or so – in other words, Gen Y – should look no further than the baby boomers for lessons on the need to save.

Lessons from the super rich

THE idea that there is some sort of set of rules or formula that we can follow to become fabulously wealthy is a source of never-ending public interest.

Luck of the entrepreneur

LUCK accounts for the difference between success and failure in business and economics more often than we think.