Dominic Powell

Melbourne

Money and Careers Editor at The Age

Money and Careers Editor at Sydney Morning Herald

Money/careers editor at @theage/@smh. Takes nice photos sometimes. [email protected]

Articles

Where should you invest your money during sharemarket turmoil?

1 week ago | theage.com.au | Dominic Powell

Opinion April 13, 2025 — 5.00am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Save articles for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Real Money, a free weekly newsletter giving expert tips on how to save, invest and make the most of your money, is sent every Sunday. You’re reading an excerpt − sign up to get the whole newsletter in your inbox.
Where should you invest your money during sharemarket turmoil?

1 week ago | smh.com.au | Dominic Powell

Real Money, a free weekly newsletter giving expert tips on how to save, invest and make the most of your money, is sent every Sunday. You’re reading an excerpt − sign up to get the whole newsletter in your inbox. In a world filled with difficult and dangerous jobs, one that regularly flies under the radar is the perilous task of personal finance writer.
Black Monday, COVID-19: Here are some of the market’s biggest drops

2 weeks ago | smh.com.au | Gemma Grant |Dominic Powell

By Gemma Grant and Dominic Powell April 7, 2025 — 7.00pm, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. With almost $100 billion was wiped off the Australian sharemarket on Monday, the fallout from Donald Trump’s reciprocal tariffs is starting to hit home for local investors. It isn’t the first time that the ASX has experienced a sharp one-day drop.
The simple tech tools that can help you budget better

2 weeks ago | smh.com.au | Dominic Powell

Real Money, a free weekly newsletter giving expert tips on how to save, invest and make the most of your money, is sent every Sunday. You’re reading an excerpt − sign up to get the whole newsletter in your inbox. When I was younger, I was fairly dismissive of the idea of “having a budget”. I just put all my money into one savings account and tried not to look at or think about it. What’s wrong with that?
The simple tech tools that can help you budget better

2 weeks ago | theage.com.au | Dominic Powell

Opinion April 6, 2025 — 5.00am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Save articles for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Real Money, a free weekly newsletter giving expert tips on how to save, invest and make the most of your money, is sent every Sunday. You’re reading an excerpt − sign up to get the whole newsletter in your inbox. When I was younger, I was fairly dismissive of the idea of “having a budget”.
All the ways to save money on your mortgage

3 weeks ago | smh.com.au | Dominic Powell

Real Money, a free weekly newsletter giving expert tips on how to save, invest and make the most of your money, is sent every Sunday. You’re reading an excerpt − sign up to get the whole newsletter in your inbox. When you sign up for your first mortgage, the whole thing can seem from the outset as rather set-and-forget. You pick a bank, negotiate a loan and then cross your fingers each month that the RBA opts to crank its big interest rate-lowering lever over in Martin Place.
All the ways to save money on your mortgage

3 weeks ago | watoday.com.au | Dominic Powell

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The sneaky super sapper that could eat $100,000 from your retirement

1 month ago | watoday.com.au | Dominic Powell

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The sneaky super sapper that could eat $100,000 from your retirement

1 month ago | smh.com.au | Dominic Powell

Real Money, a free weekly newsletter giving expert tips on how to save, invest and make the most of your money, is sent every Sunday. You’re reading an excerpt − sign up to get the whole newsletter in your inbox. Superannuation gets a lot of coverage, and while I’d like to say I’m sorry about it, I’m not really. Australians are lucky enough to have one of the world’s best retirement savings systems, with an extremely generous taxation treatment to boot.
You had me at Merlot: How to turn your favourite tipple into a money-making drop

1 month ago | smh.com.au | Dominic Powell

Real Money, a free weekly newsletter giving expert tips on how to save, invest and make the most of your money, is sent every Sunday. You’re reading an excerpt − sign up to get the whole newsletter in your inbox. In the wide and wonderful world of investing, the Venn diagram overlap of “things you can invest in” and “things you can consume” is, unfortunately, tiny.