Reading Time: 4 Minutes Hello all! Back again for another episode of the interview series, where we highlight some other personal finance bloggers in Oz to learn more about their journey so far. The personal finance community here in Australia is small, but it is growing! Today’s interview is with Aussie Doc, who, remarkably is also an Aussie doc. She has been serving on the frontlines in our hospitals for many years and a big thank you from me to you Aussie Doc – for just… being there for society. Aussie Doc runs her blog out of Aussie Doc Freedom Aussie Doc from Aussie Doc Freedom Let’s do it! Hey…
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1 Easy Way To Build Your Retirement You MUST Know (Youtube Video)
Reading Time: 1 Minute Hey everyone, I thought I would share a very simple and easy way to build your retirement savings here in Australia, and that is salary sacrificing! Retirement might be far away for many of us, but at the end of the day – it’s still our money. So have a watch of what’s involved with salary sacrificing into superannuation. Transcript: Today’s video is on 1 quick and easy way to maximize your retirement earnings, and that is on salary sacrificing. What is salary sacrificing? Salary sacrifice is when you agree to receive less income before tax, in return for your employer to provide you with benefits…
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July Net Wealth Update
Reading Time: 2 Minutes The 2nd wave of COVID-19 is well and truly here in Australia, with Victorians doing it pretty tough at the moment with stage 4 lockdowns. Will there be a stage 5? What even is stage 5? I have no idea. It’s pretty full on at the moment, and can only hope that the nation can get through this together. Financially speaking, there was plenty of talk for both the property market and ASX dropping with the coming of the 2nd wave. This… hasn’t… happened. Will it ever? Again, no idea to be honest (my confusion is a recurring theme) as I’ve long stopped caring about forecasts…
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8 Streams of Income Anyone Can Start (Youtube Video)
Reading Time: 1 Minute Hello everyone, a very quick video on the different income streams anyone can start today. Many of us only have the one income source – our jobs, but as we have seen in the last few months, it’s never more paramount to diversify our income streams so you have others to fall back on. Transcript: Today’s video is on a very important topic in personal finance, and that is about building different streams of income. Most people only have one source, that is their job. But as events this year have shown, it’s never more important to diversify your income streams so if one fails, you…
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Australian Business Confidence Plunged in July
Reading Time: 2 Minutes Hey folks, On the theme of the last post in bringing out real-time economic data to your attention, I thought I would share the findings from the latest Roy Morgan Business Confidence report. Roy Morgan is one of the most respected and leading research houses out there and certainly a data source the market relies on. And their business confidence report is one of the most closely watched… because well… jobs, jobs and jobs! Oh yeah, and also business spending and investment. Suffice to say business confidence has plunged again last month. Naturally, the fall in July was driven by businesses becoming increasingly concerned about Australia’s…
