TWENTY dollars won't get you too far these days. At best, a few cups of takeaway coffee, lunch (maybe),  or a single cocktail at a bar on the weekend.

Last week, we asked our clients to nominate their favourite local charities to receive $1,000 towards their charitable work.

The sharemarket shot back above 5700 points on Wednesday, lifted by a rally in bank shares, which enjoyed their best day in eight months after the relief that new capital requirements weren't as tough as many had feared.

As the dust settles on another Financial Year and you begin to plan and set goals for the next 12 months of money-related business, why not take a step in the right direction with an obligation-free home loan health check?

For the team at Schuh Group, the community is very important - it is one of our top values and we want to support you to help make a bigger impact in our community so that we all prosper together.

Rising iron ore prices couldn't protect the Australian share market from the fallout from the latest political drama in the US, with all sectors shedding value as investor sentiment was hit by concerns about the future of the Trump administration's economic agenda.

With an ageing population and ever changing rules around superannuation and retirement, it's more important than ever to start planning ahead for your retirement.

With the legislated changes to superannuation just weeks away, trusts are becoming more popular as an "alternative" investment vehicle for those who have more to invest than the new super rules will allow.

Shares were buoyed by slightly better-than-expected economic growth numbers, but a slide in Wesfarmers kept the market in the red, while sentiment remained fragile ahead of a number of global risk events this week.

Has your small business made a profit this year? Are you worried about a looming tax bill? When you work hard for your money, you want to take advantage of all the tax deductions available to you.

The share market has reversed earlier gains to close lower after falls by financials and healthcare companies outweighed gains in the energy and telco sectors.

Regardless of your financial position, the approach of June 30 brings some "housekeeping financial issues".

Our overall credit card debt has reached a record high of $52.2 billion in 2016 and is climbing!

The Australian sharemarket fell on Wednesday at the open as the new bank liability-levy hit the lenders, but it soon spiked higher on optimism policy certainty would be good for the domestic economy.

Heavy profit-taking in the major banks and miners hit the Australian sharemarket as market pundits warned the lenders were overbought and house prices faced downside risks.

The Australian sharemarket belatedly caught up to the global relief rally on the outcome from France's presidential election.

Tumbling commodity prices on rapidly fading global reflation hopes dragged the Australian share market lower again this week but bargain hunting in the major miners and telcos helped trim losses.

The Australian share market swung in and out of the red before closing firmer as iron ore prices fell and geopolitical tensions drove buying of safe-haven government bonds.