Laine Gordon

Margin Loans Demystified

Ever heard your fellow office workers jabbering on about margin loans around the water cooler? Perhaps you’ve felt the urge to get in on the action yourself, and stop spending so much money on very-vanilla lattes? They're tasty, yes, but they won't help your bank balance and, despite what you may think at 3 o’clock in the afternoon, they’re not essential for your survival.

Alternative investments that don't cost a fortune

If you have a bit of spare cash and it's not enough for a deposit on a home but it’s too much to leave gathering dust in a bank account, why not think about the stock market?

Flood damage

If your car is not insured there is very little you can do to recover the cost of your vehicle in the case of flood damage. If your car is insured, however, you need to know exactly what your policy covers and what, if any, costs are incurred.

Car Insurance Excess

It is probably fair to say that when it comes to car insurance, we all have a long list of things on which we would rather spend our money. Because of this, minimising the amount of money we do have to spend when purchasing a car insurance policy is important for many Australians.

Battle of the sexes hots up behind the wheel

Are young women safer drivers than their male counterparts? It’s hardly an easy question to answer and the debate tends to get quite heated with both sides of the argument keen to demonstrate who is the safest.

Money in, money out

Everyday transaction accounts have been around long enough to become one of the most common accounts to be offered by banks and credit unions. However, the recent intense competition witnessed among online savings account providers offering eye-catching interest rates has grabbed the spotlight and overshadowed many of these long standing everyday transaction accounts.

Australian car loan rage

The number of fees and penalties attached to car loans may well give rise to a new phenomena 'car loan rage', a syndrome where normally placid people see red when reading their car loan statements. In the most severe of cases, steam emanating from the ears is clearly visible.