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Dec 3, 2024 | 
brisbanetimes.com.au | Tim Keith
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
smh.com.au | Tim Keith
By Tim Keith December 4, 2024 — 5.01am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) in Australia are exhibiting a concerning trend, allocating a significant proportion of their assets towards property, cash and shares, with a significant under-representation of fixed income investments.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
watoday.com.au | Tim Keith
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Sep 11, 2024 | 
shorelinemedia.net | Tim Keith
Thirty one adventurous LHS students traveled to Peru over the summer, immersing themselves in the language and culture of this South American country. While abroad, the students visited three distinct geographic regions of the country — the Pacific Coast capitol of Lima, Andean highland city of Cusco, and a remote Amazonian ecolodge located on the Tambopata River.
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Sep 3, 2024 | 
smh.com.au | Tim Keith
By Tim Keith September 4, 2024 — 5.00am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. While rising interest rates are good for term deposits savers, there are other investments that deliver higher returns and also offer more flexibility.
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Aug 4, 2024 | 
thewest.com.au | Tim Keith
While rising interest rates might seem like good news for term deposit investors, savers may not realise there are other fixed-income investments that pay higher rates of interest than term deposits while offering greater liquidity. While the big banks have raised interest rates on term deposits and savings accounts, interest rates on many of these products remain below 3 per cent after being adjusted for inflation.
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Jul 17, 2024 | 
smsfadviser.com | Tim Keith |Keeli Cambourne
While the big banks have raised interest rates on term deposits and savings accounts, interest rates on many of these products remain below 5%. Indeed, official data highlight that after inflation, the returns on some cash investments are close to zero. The average advertised interest rate on three-year term deposits, for example, was just 3.95% in May 2024, unchanged from a year ago, according to the most recent data from the Reserve Bank.[1] The one-year rate was a little better at 4.55%.
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Jul 10, 2024 | 
moneymag.com.au | Tim Keith |Chris Paton
Australians are stockpiling their wealth in residential property, with new data showing around two-thirds of household wealth is now held in bricks and mortar. This proportion which has increased over time as property values surge, raising the need for Australians to diversify into other more defensive asset classes to reduce their financial risk. While money cannot buy happiness, it is an important means to achieving higher living standards.
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Jun 14, 2024 | 
moneymag.com.au | Joanna Tovia |Tim Keith |Tom Watson
What did you want to be when you grew up? In high school, being a pilot seemed like fun. I started a course in aerospace avionics, which I didn't complete because I saw that property investing was an easier way to make money. What did you study at university? I started engineering then got a Master of Economics. Years later I did a PhD in economics looking at political favouritism and grey corruption. How did you become a housing commentator?
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Jun 12, 2024 | 
moneymag.com.au | Tom Watson |Tim Keith
Supply, supply, supply. Talk to any expert or advocate in the housing space about affordability and that's the word that's going to come up time and again. The reason is simple. The affordability of buying or renting a home in Australia isn't going to be addressed unless more homes are built for people to live in. "Better supply is really the only long-term fix for our housing woes.
