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Working hard but financially stuck? Here’s why you’re getting nowhere

These are some of the common patterns I see that hold people back from creating their next level of financial growth.

  • Paridhi Jain

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Australians have long been sold the dream of property investment. But it’s not all it’s cracked up to be.

Negative gearing or not, property was never an easy ticket to wealth

Property as an investment has always been more complicated than our cultural obsession leads us to believe.

  • Paridhi Jain
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‘Cash is king’: The four money myths holding your savings hostage

If you’ve got savings that you know you probably should invest, but you can’t quite bring yourself to do it, then this column is for you.

  • Paridhi Jain
The disinheritance of women is a “more common issue than people realise”.

Women are better at investing. So why is finance still made for men?

The stock market was never designed with women in mind. It was made by men, for men and to capture the attention of men.

  • Victoria Devine
Lost the spark when it comes to money? Here are some ways to get it back.

Stuck in a financial rut? These could be the reasons why

For high-performers, the default response to hitting a ceiling is to work harder. But at a certain level, it’s not about more effort.

  • Paridhi Jain
What Gen Z may arguably lack in wisdom, they make up for in savviness.

Smart and savvy: Why we should be asking Gen Z for money advice

I don’t mean to reignite the oft-sensationalised generation wars, but there is a lot that older generations can learn from the “lazy” younger ones.

  • Max Yong
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Have your finances stalled? Use these three ways to break through

It’s not the economy, markets, investments – it’s about identifying and shifting out of patterns that keep you stuck.

  • Paridhi Jain
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Three common pieces of money advice you shouldn’t listen to

There are a number of common adages in the world of personal finance, and a lot of them aren’t particularly helpful.

  • Paridhi Jain
More needs to be done to educate people about AI’s pitfalls.

Using AI for money advice? You might want to read this

If 97.5 per cent of my Harvard advanced economics students can be fooled by AI, what hope do the rest of us have?

  • Max Yong
Teaching your kids some money smarts could be invaluable.

Kids are back at school. But they won’t be taught one crucial thing

It’s back to school in Australia and New Zealand – but with one key difference: Kiwi kids will now learn about money.

  • Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon