Deciding between shares and an investment property in your fifties starts with one question: when do you actually need the money back? Here's how timeframe, the 1 July 2027 tax changes and the option most people overlook should shape the answer.
Noel Whittaker's October newsletter explains the one market that quietly shapes mortgage rates, term deposits and the defensive half of your super. Here's what it means if you're between 40 and 60.
Your forties are the most expensive decade most Australian households will face — mortgage, school costs, and nothing left at month-end. Here's how small, structured steps still build real wealth, with the 2026-27 super numbers that make them work.
Noel Whittaker's October newsletter looks past the Reserve Bank's next move and asks a more useful question: what happens to your plans if money stays expensive for a while? His answer comes down to two unglamorous habits.
If you are 55 or older, you can move up to $300,000 from the sale of your long-held home into super — $600,000 for a couple — completely outside the normal contribution caps. Here is who qualifies, the 90-day deadline that trips people up, and what it does to your age pension.
