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Financial news headlines shout that inflation is low, wage growth has been virtually stagnant and many savings accounts are bringing in considerably less than they were a few years ago. On the flip side, some people...

 The All Ords reached 6862.4 on Wednesday, the highest point it has been since 1 November, 2007, when it was 6853.6. On Friday, the index finished at 6879 points, which was 1.37% per cent higher than...

Commonwealth Bank (CBA) reduced interest rates on a range of its residential and investment fixed rate loans for new customers, including on package home loans, which bundle different financial products together, such as a credit card...

The Australia and New Zealand Retail Crime Survey of 9,000 stores conducted by Aptus Research revealed that crime cost the sector an estimated A$3.37 billion in the 2017-18 financial year across the two countries, which was...

ANZ, Commonwealth Bank (CBA), National Australia Bank (NAB) and Westpac have now all announced they have moved to reduce the interest rate they use in affordability calculations during the home loan application approval process.  The affordability...

Interest rates on a range of bank products – including home loans, savings accounts and term deposits – have been dropping overall since the Reserve Bank cut the official cash rate in June and again in...

Commonwealth Bank will bring the base interest rate on its NetBank Saver Account down by 0.20 percentage points to just 0.15% from today. This means the total interest rate – which includes an introductory five-month bonus...

How did the ASX perform last week? The two main stock market indices, the S&P/ASX200 and the All Ordinaries, remain close to record highs but closed the week virtually flat.    S&P and All Ords Movements...

UPDATE: Millions of people's hopes of being $110 million richer have been dashed. However, it was revealed this morning that there were actually three lucky winners who shared the 18 July Powerball Division One jackpot, billed...

I was formally invited to attend my eight-year-old niece Lilah's pop-up shop recently. The shop takes up most of her bedroom these days and features a cash register, toy money, a detailed price chart and a tonne...