The price of bitcoin has surged in 2023 as investors await approval for the first U.S. spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund, which would be a milestone for cryptocurrency investors, experts say. In early December, the digital currency topped $44,000 for the first time since April 2022, and year-to-date gains were above 160%, as of Dec. 21, … Read more
Grocery items are offered for sale at a supermarket on August 09, 2023 in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson | Getty Images Heading into 2023, the predictions were nearly unanimous: a recession was coming. As the year comes to a close, the forecasted economic downturn did not arrive. So what’s in store for 2024? An economic … Read more
Blackcat | E+ | Getty Images Many student loan borrowers are struggling to resume their payments. When the bills restarted after a more than three-year-long reprieve, just 60% of people with federal education loans had made a payment by mid-November, U.S. Department of Education data shows. “The fact that so few borrowers have been able … Read more
Interest rates on some Australian savings accounts could soon surpass six per cent, but one financial expert has issued a warning to savers weighing up a tempting switch. A dozen banks are currently offering customers savings rates above 5 per cent and there are forecasts savings rates could hit 6 per cent in the coming … Read more
Australian mortgage holders can breathe a sigh of relief following the Reserve Bank of Australia’s decision to pause cash rate hikes. The RBA met on Tuesday and decided not to hike the cash rate for only the second time since last May. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Economists make their rates predictions as threat of recession … Read more
Rachna Dattani, Associate Director, IIFL Securities, says if somebody is thinking about diversifying the portfolio, I would definitely recommend a portion of it going to sovereign gold bonds which are closing but tranches will keep coming by every quarter. If somebody is looking at allocating an x amount in debt for three to five years, … Read more
Australians attempting to lodge their tax return are reporting being stuck in a queue landing page — some for more than an hour — as the tax office deals with a huge volume of people accessing the site. Logging in to myGov and visiting the Australian Tax Office website directs some people to a waiting … Read more
Australia’s top-performing balanced superannuation funds for the last financial year have been revealed, according to new research. Members in six of the best-performing funds achieved double-digit returns in the year to June 30, research house SuperRatings says. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Nine commonly overlooked tax deductions. The consultancy firm named ESSSuper, Vision Super and Brighter … Read more
Millions of Australians are making easy financial slip-ups costing them hundreds of dollars each year, according to new research revealing the most common money mistakes. About two in five people, equivalent to 8.3 million Australians, are guilty of making a financial error in the last 12 months, comparison site Finder has revealed. WATCH THE VIDEO … Read more
National Australia Bank says it will be blocking transactions to some cryptocurrency exchanges as part of its strategy to reduce financial crime. A NAB spokesperson said it would not comment on how it deemed what exchanges were “high-risk”. But they said the blocks were introduced “where we identify a high proportion of payments going towards … Read more
