Lucy Dean

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Jun 4, 2025 – 5.00am or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? The 60/40 portfolio is the best option for investors even if they buy assets at peak prices during economic and geopolitical shocks, analysis of 30 years of market data by JPMorgan shows.

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May 30, 2025 – 1.55pm or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Picture this. The sky is raining ash, and your feet are scorched from an endless trek across burning plains. A strange, unidentifiable smell makes breathing difficult. You’re starving. Then you hear a *ping*. A message appears before your eyes. Salvation, at last? Loading...

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May 16, 2025 – 5.00am or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fitness entrepreneur Laura Henshaw grew up with a single mum who, after her divorce, kept a magnet on the fridge that read: “A man is not a financial plan.”She had spent years out of the workforce raising three daughters, and was left with lower super and a tricky return to full-time work. Loading...

3 weeks ago | afr.com | Lucy Dean

Ask a young person what’s grinding their gears, and it probably won’t be the lack of indexation on Labor’s proposed $3 million superannuation tax. That might seem surprising. After all, the government’s plan to increase the tax on super balances above $3 million is expected to affect 0.5 per cent of taxpayers today but, according to AMP analysis, will affect the average Gen Z by the time they’re 59 thanks to inflation.

3 weeks ago | afr.com | Lucy Dean

May 14, 2025 – 5.00am or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Irish writer Colm Tóibín, 69, is the bestselling author of 11 novels, including Brooklyn, and his new book, Long Island. His 1999 novel, The Blackwater Lightship, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. He splits his time between the United States and Ireland. Here’s how he spends a weekend when he’s home in Los Angeles.