Property
Safe haven stocks for rocky times
The news couldn't be worse. Continuing woes in the euro zone, weak US economic data and concerns about weaker growth in China have left Australian investors with a bad case of the jitters.
Smart ways to climb the property ladder
Penny Pryor Project engineer Emma Challands would like to be in a position to retire before 40.
Rental gains raise property hopes
Chris Zappone SLUMPING home prices and persistently poor housing affordability helped lift quarterly rent yields for the first time in nine months, raising hopes for an improved real estate market this year.
Property investing: cash towers over trusts
Carolyn Cummins The virtues of investing directly into property by asset acquisitions or indirectly through real estate investment trusts have been brought to the fore.
Property feels the global pinch
Philip Hopkins PROPERTY sentiment in Victoria has turned sour and is the second worst in the country.
Gloomy property outlook
Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon THE champagne tasted a little sweeter this Melbourne Cup, thanks to the Reserve Bank's line-ball decision to reduce interest rates.
How to land a property deal
Bina Brown So you want to buy a house. Bina Brown goes through the due diligence on snagging your pick at a fair price.
Property is now a matter of trust
No sector of the Australian sharemarket destroyed wealth like the listed-property sector during the global financial crisis.
Deflating speculation on the property bubble
David Potts Home prices will halve over the next few years, says the only forecaster to have predicted both the record sharemarket run to 2007 as well as the subsequent GFC. And that was in 1993.
Smart ways to buy and finance property
As the prospect of interest-rate hikes looms once again, home buyers need to factor in higher repayments, writes John Kavanagh.
Facebook mania: pitfalls and profits
Max Mason Facebookâs IPO is easily the most eagerly anticipated share debut of the year - but what should a local investor make of the hype?
Spot the spivs flogging dud deals
Many years before becoming chief executive officer of Intelligent Investor's sister publication Walnut Report, I worked deep in the bowels of the finance industry.
Flight to safety
Barbara Drury In the new financial world order of low returns and high risk, the chorus of voices urging Australians to cool their love affair with shares and embrace the quiet charm of bonds has been growing...
Power of two
Profile These are the guys big retailers like Harvey Norman, David Jones and Myer love to hate.
Take steps to avoid bad moves
Annette Sampson We've all been tempted by them. Enticing investments that seem to make perfect sense at the time but end up leaving us disillusioned and out of pocket.
Hot stock: Network Ten
Greg Fraser The saga at Channel Ten in the past two years has a more convoluted plot than any drama being aired on its network today.
The direct road to profit
David Potts Leaving money in the bank never made anybody rich, though no doubt it's handy once you get there. Yes, I know term deposits have served a treat; they're government-guaranteed up to $250,000 and the 6...
Cash is there for collecting
Quirky Investments If you find the modest returns from cash uninspiring, you might want to pay closer attention to the notes in your wallet - you could be sitting on a fortune.
What happens when parents sell
George Cochrane MY PARENTS and I own a house together and have equal shares among the three of us. The house has been their home for 20 years and I did not charge them rent on my portion of the house.
