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Unlock your wealth potential with The Money Puzzle. Featuring two power-packed episodes each week packed with smart money-making strategies, from superannuation to investing in shares, plus in-depth analysis of property markets. Get tips from leading experts and practical tools to help build lasting...
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Can the economy justify a red-hot sharemarket?
The burning question for all investors is whether the global market is running ahead of itself?
Tim Toohey, head of macro strategy for Yarra Ca...
Are you prepared for a sharemarket crash?
How would you deal with a global sharemarket crash? Because it’s not a question of if, but when.
The AI boom, which underpinned the bumper super...
Why Australian shares let you down this year (and what to do about it)
The numbers don't lie: The ASX did 3 per cent over the 12 months to June, and the S&P 500 did 20 per cent. Unless - like a big super fund - you had ha...
Special episode: Listener questions on new tax changes
Sweeping changes to Capital Gains Tax, Negative Gearing and Self-Managed Super Funds are confronting investors. How will they affect you?
Stuart...
Is superannuation still the Budget winner?
The government has made sure that superannuation investors did not entirely escape the investment tax overhaul: Is it still the relative winner as par...
SMSF property ban - an extra Budget sting for investors
Already reeling from a lift in CGT tax and a ban on negative gearing for existing properties, the Government is set to give the property market one la...
Bull market bonanzas and back-flipping Budget moves
Investors are fully stretched trying to keep up with a remarkable period for markets as a record number of Australians make a 50 per cent profit on th...
Why property investors are turning to the outer suburbs
With negative gearing soon to be restricted to new buildings, property economics in the Australian market have been turned upside down: Until very rec...
Mega floats, market froth, and whether investing in SpaceX risky or smart
SpaceX lists today (June 12) and will be followed by two more AI mega-IPOs: OpenAI and Anthropic. Collectively valued at more than $US3.5 trillion, ev...
Moving money around the world - Your expat explainer
Many Australians move abroad to earn more money - or at least that's the plan - but it doesn't always work out unless you do your homework first. Like...
What women need to know about super
On average, women retire with 25% less superannuation than men, and one in ten have no super account at all. While you might assume this is purely dow...
‘Swim between the flags’ : The simple formula for managing money
Do you speak the language of money? If you - or anyone close to you - cannot understand what the investment market is telling them, there can be a hig...
How to legally save tax on property investment with Adrian Raftery
As a property investor, you may already know the usual tax breaks for properties, like negative gearing, but did you know there are ways to boost your...
Budget fallout: Before you do anything, do this
The Federal Budget will be a landmark moment for investors if it all goes through parliament as planned. Investors need to know what happened but also...
How to tackle the Budget’s property investment clampdown
Property investors are trying to piece together the cumulative effect of the bad news in the Budget.
How much will the combined CGT changes and...
Budget Special edition: What you need to do
The 2026 Budget has introduced the biggest tax changes seen in decades: Every investor in Australia will be affected by the measures. Here's what you...
ETFs...What's next? (with Vanguard CEO Daniel Shrimski)
Australian investors have fully embraced Exchange Traded Funds. Now, as the gap between managed funds and index funds narrows, investors want to know...
Beyond property: Why it's time to widen your investment horizon
Investment property and high-dividend-paying shares are about to get a tax hit in the Budget: So, it's the perfect time to look wider for the active i...
Who really gets hit with higher rates?
Interest rate hikes are just not the same anymore: Once upon a time, they hit the mortgage belt, that fictionalised housing strip in the outer suburbs...
After the oil shock: Who's really making money?
The Iran crisis oil shock is creating winners and losers in the sharemarket, but it may not be playing out as you expect. Yes QANTAS is hit, but diese...
You're biased! - The six signs of investment bias that hold you back
Once you get on top of the basics, then investing should get a lot easier. But the hidden factors that make a difference between winning and losing in...
Private credit - How bad is this going to get?
The private credit boom is having a shake-out: But not before many Australian investors - and big super funds - placed a lot of money into what has be...
What you should be paying on your borrowings (and getting on your cash)
The upside of higher interest rates is that you might get more on your money in the bank. But it turns out that anyone who uses a 'bonus' account (whi...
Your top tax hacks for FY 2026
You've only got a few months to go before the end of the financial year: It's time to plan your tax returns...and yes, this year - with soaring transp...
Why residential rental income is about to move higher (again)
It was not supposed to happen this year: Vacancy rates were meant to rise in 2026 and income was expected to flatten…not at all. Property investors ar...
Separately Managed Accounts: Advisers love them, but should you?
SMAs are booming inside the financial advice sector: But if they are so terrific, then why is regulator ASIC asking so many probing questions around f...
Where investors will hunt in the looming property downturn
You can’t have a run of interest rate hikes and expect property to shoot out the lights. The chances are we are going to see a price slowdown in the m...
Bringing it all back home - Why the oil shock is turning investors back to the ASX
What are investors doing in reaction to the shocking turn in markets during the first three months of 2026?
One of the first moves is a distinc...
How wealthy investors are dealing with the Iran crisis
If you want to get advice from today's guest, Ben James of Escala Partners, you need to have at least $5m in your investment portfolio. In other words...
'Pump and dump' warning for interstate property investors
Buyer's agents armed with rubber-stamp qualifications are herding investors into overpriced regional hot spots just in time for a looming wave of rate...
The typical traits of the Rich 250 in 2026
What do the super-rich have in common? The everyday investor might never be a dealmaker, but they can learn a lot from the discipline, focus and confi...
Rates up, so should you fix your mortgage now?
Cash rates are now more than 4 per cent and your mortgage is around 6 per cent: What's more, it looks very much like the hiking cycle is far from over...
Chris Judd on his new game: stock picking
Former AFL star Chris Judd has become a fund manager specialising in 'small cap' stocks: No surprise, he's got some clear views on the share market an...
Rentvesting - A better way to make it work
"Rentvesting' is increasingly popular where wannabe home owners move first to buy a rental property and later to use their accumulated equity to buy '...
Iran crisis special: what you need to know
These are very early days in the Iran war and the impact on share markets is far from clear. But already we can see there is upward pressure on intere...
Negative gearing… who needs it anyway?
Though 80,000 investors own more than two negatively geared properties, the reaction to news that the government is planning to ‘cap’ the tax break ha...
Private credit - the boom boils over
Everyday investors have been heavily sold private credit funds as an alternative investment and now the reality of this opaque, often illiquid market...
Property investors fret over CGT but rate rises may stall soon
Are we looking the wrong way? As property investors fret over likely lifts in Capital Gains Tax, the bigger issue for long term investors is interest...
Inheritance tax: Has something changed?
More investors are coming to realise that inherited super is taxed at 17 per cent, but the government has stirred a hornet's nest in adding a de facto...
Should you put your extra dollars in super or the family home
At the very core of wealth building is the dilemma of setting up your super or making sure you own a home; The long-term returns on both investment ch...