Five ways to stick to your financial resolutions
It’s that time of year when we set new goals or dust off old ones. But how can we boost our chances of sticking to our financial resolution? Here are some practical tips.
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Staying Cyber Safe This Year
With the increased activity online – be it due to working from home, home schooling, or simply because we have found a great availability of engaging and interesting content and streaming services, we are online a lot more and need to consider if we are adhering to safe cyber practices at home. This means having the right protective measures in place, and ensuring we are discussing safe cyber practices with other members of our household.
Carrick Aland and the year that was 2020
As we farewell what was a very challenging year we would like to wish you all – your families and friends – a wonderful festive season. We look forward to seeing you in the new year! Please note that Carrick Aland’s office will be closed from 24th December 2020 and will reopen on 4th January 2021.
Economic Update as at November 2020
While COVID-19 cases continued to soar in the US, UK and Continental Europe over November, markets shrugged off short-term developments and soared on the back of positive vaccine news and the US presidential election results. Domestic and developed overseas share markets achieved strong positive returns for the month, with outperformance in sectors that are expected to benefit from a removal in restrictions next year, such as energy.
Super re-contribution strategy explained
Super re-contribution is a process where, upon you meeting a condition of release, you withdraw money from super fund and then re-contribute the funds back into your super fund as a personal non-concessional contribution. This process is used to increase the tax free portion of your super fund benefit.
Economic Update as at October 2020
Overseas shares posted negative returns in October 2020 as fears of a slowdown in the recovery materialised with onerous restrictions being re-imposed amid resurgence in COVID-19 cases. Overseas shares fell back into negative territory returning -3.2%, in hedged terms, over October. Global economic data for Q3 is showing a rebound from a similar sized economic collapse but forward looking data is already indicating another slowdown ahead, especially in Europe and the United Kingdom (UK) as further cases have brought back restrictions.
Do you have more than one super account?
Did you know there are over 10 million Australians with a superannuation account, approximately 36% of which hold more than one, which make up $20.8 billion in ‘lost super’. Is some of that yours?
The Financial Impact of a Furry Friend
There are over 29 million pets in Australia with approximately 61% of households owning one of these 29 million pets. Of that 61%, most are dog owners at 40%, followed by cat owners at 27%. In 2019, over 60% of dog and cat owners considered their pet as a member of their family[1] – which means we want to treat them well and keep them in good health for a long and happy life, but at what cost?