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What's the real cost of buying a home with a 5% deposit?

Young people rejoice: the new Home Guarantee Scheme, letting first-home buyers enter the market with just a 5% deposit, is here. But buyer beware: it could cost more than you think over time.

China temporarily bans BHP iron ore: what does it mean for our market and your portfolio?

Eyebrows are raised on markets today as China has told its steelmakers to stop buying BHP's iron ore. Here's what it means for your portfolio.

How Pokemon cards became a market-beating investment, and why a bubble is now brewing

Pokémon cards aren’t just for kids anymore. Over the past 20 years, some cards have eclipsed returns offered by the S&P500 or even crypto.

CBA: no rate cut until February 2026 (at least)

A change in the forecasting and a shift in the RBA's tone yesterday, means CBA has pushed out the next rate cut to February 2026. Here's why.

How are Trump's trade deals going? And what do they mean for markets right now?

Markets may have absorbed 2025's trade shocks so far but there may be more to come. Let's check in on how are we going with Trump trade deals?

U-turn: is a November cut really off the table?

What’s the learned view on what we should expect next month in terms of a rate cut?

No rate cut today but here’s the form for a Cup Day cut

While the RBA looks a certainty to stay ‘on hold’, the next decision on Cup Day in November looks like a good each way bet for a 0.25% cut. And here’s why.

What happens to money when AI takes all our jobs?

It’s the defining technology of an era. But just how artificial intelligence (AI) will end up shaping our future remains a controversial question.

Australians are losing more of their income to tax than in decades, new report shows

Australians are now paying the highest average rate of income tax in more than two decades, raising concerns too much of the tax burden may be falling on Australian workers in their prime.

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