I never get too stressed about a new government unless they’re promising really worrying ‘stuff’. So in picking an election winner, I often use the method I employ when I’m invited to the races.

When the Fed just raised rates by 0.25% the stock market surged. Then too much blabbering took the market down…

A forgotten group are ex-students straddled with big HECS debts that are building faster than usual because of 7.8% inflation, and stopping young borrowers from getting into the property market.

What should pre-retirees do to avoid a poverty trap once they leave work for good?

Stocks to buy in a bank crisis! Macquarie, Xero, Champion and more! Plus what to dump.

The US banking crisis has a way to go before we can say it’s all over. I suspect this will be an important week for banks under pressure from their customers trying to withdraw their deposits.

All Aussie businesses and consumers have been given another wake-up call about the threat of cybercrime and password security, with another local firm hacked by online thieves.

The bank fear and loathing on global financial markets took a turn for the worst with the huge investment bank Credit Suisse in a spot of bother.

The current crop of scary bad banking headlines should make the US central bank and our own Reserve Bank think twice before raising interest rates again.