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Bearish market waits for the bounce
INVESTORS who try to time the bottom of the bear market before buying shares again risk missing out on some of the biggest gains of the eventual recovery.
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Relax - we're better off
WHAT crisis? Families with an average mortgage and two cars are up to $800 better off than before the global financial crisis.
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'Make home buyers' grants like HECS'
FIRST-HOME buyers' grants should be axed and replaced with "HECS-style" loans, Australia's key architects' body says.
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Aussies pay now, buy later
PERSONAL debt repayments are rising sharply as retailers struggle to sell interest-free period financing.
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End of the tax return near - Treasury
TAX-FREE dividends could be scrapped along with individual tax returns under proposal to simplify the tax system.
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