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People often (wrongly) believe income protection insurance would be paid out if the person was unable to work due to losing their job for any reason.
Cryptocurrency exchanges like FTX aren’t safe. Here’s what every crypto investor needs to know.
Some commentary suggests a causal relationship between hiking interest rates and unemployment increasing. It’s not quite that simple, but the days of record high employment are probably numbered.
Unemployed Australians who accessed their super during COVID stayed on benefits seven weeks longer than similarly-placed recipients who did not.
Banks typically do not want their customers to default on property and have processes in place to help reduce the risk of this happening.
The sneaky strategy of reducing pack sizes shows the strength of consumers’ cognitive bias towards focusing on price, no matter what.
Beware any advice to go either fixed or variable. You are unlikely to outsmart the bank.
Is it really a side hustle if you end up losing money? We surveyed 287 current and former MLM consultants in Australia. The findings paint a bleak picture.
We measured financial literacy among 589 informal carers that substantially helped an older person make a decision about paying for residential aged care. Less than half were financially literate.
The craze among celebrities for Bored Ape NFTs suggests speculation has become completely detached from any idea of fundamental value.
It’s easy to be swayed by the grand promises of AI. But new technology is not the solution to everything. Do your sums first.
Investors play an important role in pushing firms toward becoming better corporate citizens. So, what do investors need to know about corporate social responsibility?
Depending on circumstances, it may be time to re-think the bias to paying down housing debt over wealth accumulation in super. At least to do the sums, so you can make an informed choice.
As a young investor, the founder of modern macroeconomics John Maynard Keynes might well have bought Bitcoin. The older Keynes would not have. It’s instructive to examine why.
If you are aged 70 with a million dollar home you could get up to $308,000 per year from a little-known scheme with risks.
Buy now, pay later is a booming business. But be warned before you invest in it – or use it as a customer.
Looking beyond the latest quarterly GDP figures, the truth is we’re getting better off more slowly than before.
Like fiat currencies, cryptocurrencies have no fundamental value. So what is the value of Bitcoin?
For young people, super is the biggest single asset they have – so it’s worth knowing what the law says on how it could be split if a relationship ends.
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John Hawkins is a Friend of The Conversation.Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society, University of Canberra
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Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Professor of Marketing and Consumer Behaviour, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor, and Dean of Law, Griffith University
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Emeritus Professor of Finance, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, Curtin Law School and Curtin Business School, Curtin University
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Lecturer Banking and Finance, Faculty of Business and Law, University of Wollongong
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Associate Professor of Finance, UNSW Sydney
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The University of Queensland
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Professor of Economics and Director, Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Lecturer, Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics, Griffith University
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Associate Professor, Queensland University of Technology
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Research fellow, Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, Australian National University
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Associate Professor in Economics, University of Waikato
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Senior Lecturer in Finance, University of Sydney
