by orange_office | Nov 12, 2025 | Weekly Updates
Millionaires can now get an age pension. Or at least millionaire couples can. The cutoff point in the Assets Test for homeowner couples above which no pensions are payable is $1,074,000. The cutoff for single homeowners is $714,500. Non-homeowners can have an extra...
by orange_office | Nov 5, 2025 | Weekly Updates
People planning to retire at the end of this year received a bit of apparent good news last week. Interest rates are now not likely to fall much further. Investing in bank deposits for income is likely to be more rewarding than had been anticipated. The...
by orange_office | Oct 29, 2025 | Weekly Updates
In the long term the strength of our economy determines not only investment returns but also our living standards. If the economy is performing well, that usually reflects improving productivity, output per worker. So incomes can rise. Company profits will also...
by orange_office | Oct 21, 2025 | Weekly Updates
There aren’t enough houses in Australia to accommodate the population. From a time when supply and demand were in balance fifteen years ago, the shortage has steadily become worse. Many theories have been proposed as to the cause of the shortage – too many immigrants,...
by orange_office | Sep 24, 2025 | Weekly Updates
Recently there have been major losses for investors due to the failure of the Shield and First Guardian Master Funds. Apparently some people invested their superannuation in these funds and will now live a much poorer retirement. There are common factors between these...
