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traders on the sharemarket floor in front of screens and monitoring trades in listed investments on the New York Stock Exchange. Their continued existence, evidence of investment market strength

Listed Investments

What are listed investments? Listed investments are investments quoted on an exchange established for trading investment-class assets.  In Australia, equities

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documents, coinage, a calculator, and a tiny model house pread across a desk top and representing investment in mortgages under a mutual fund trust

Mortgage Trusts

What are mortgage trusts? Mortgage trusts are unit trust investments where your money is pooled with that of other investors.

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A Loan Agreement signed to enable puchase of an investment property that could be subject to negative gearing: keys to the property and a calculator also on the desk

Negative Gearing

What is negative gearing? Negative gearing occurs when the expenses associated with an investment, including interest on the money borrowed,

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composite image with a large Centrelink logo on the left with a bubble person with a hand supporting a notice board inscribed with the words of services available through Services Australia's Centrelink - Allowances-Benefits-Payments-Pensions. Some instances require deeming rates apply to assets; even some you may have been gifting

Deeming

What is deeming? Centrelink and Veteran’s Affairs calculate your Income Test assessing income from certain assets to determine the level

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