This week's economic summit coincided with a surprise move by the Albanese government to lift the deeming rate for the first time in four years: The measure reduces access to the pension for wealthier Australians. Moreover, it's exactly the sort of change that advisers have warned are set to come down the line as Treasurer Jim Chalmers exerts his influence in the second term government.

Will Hamilton of Hamilton Wealth Partners joins Associate Editor - Wealth James Kirby in this episode.

In today's episode we cover

• Deeming rate lift -The first move?
• Super tax confirmed unchanged  
• CGT and negative gearing - Key risks
• Save the super performance tests 
  
  

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Immigration numbers were meant to float lower this year but a surprise pick up in numbers over the last few months coincides with a tightening of the rental vacancy rates across the market. For renters it means any short-term easing in pressure is now off the table, but for property investors it signals a return to rising rental income.

Pete Wargent of the AllenWargent Property Buyers joins Associate Editor - Wealth, James Kirby in this episode.

In today's episode, we cover

• The 'you can rent anything market' returns
• Investors respond to stronger outlook for rental returns
• The gap between residential and office vacancy rates tells a WFH story
• Should older property investors change their habits?

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The new super tax may dominate the headlines, but for most investors with less than $3m in super, a bigger headache is navigating increasingly risky marketing promotions in finance.Off the back of the recent First Guardian scandal - where some investors were offered 'free super reviews' - today we take a hard look at booming business of luring people into switching super funds.

Liam Shorte of the Sonas Wealth Group joins Associate Editor - Wealth James Kirby in today's episode.

In today's episode, we cover:

•  New super tax facing delays
• ‘Free Super Reviews’ could turn out expensive
• An easy way to check if your fund is doing well 
• Optimising tax-free income outside super 
  
  

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If it wasn’t said by a top financial adviser, you might dismiss it as a quote out of context, but  Partners Wealth Group Jack Tossol is not kidding: He says a generation that has ‘sunk everything’ into the family home will miss the chance to have a successful tax-deductible investment plan.

It’s a provocative notion, challenging die-hard principles of money management, but with house prices moving higher again...you have to listen.

Financial adviser Jack Tossol of Partners Wealth Group joins Associate Editor - Wealth, James Kirby,  in this episode.

In today’s show, we cover

• No tax deduction, no income…Is home ownership overrated?

• Why ‘Rentvesting’ is worth revisiting

• Are you facing decades of ‘dead money' in your home mortgage?

• Challenging the ‘retirement sweet spot’

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 In this bonus episode of The Money Puzzle, The Australian’s Wealth Editor, Julie-anne Sprague, unpacks what it takes to be a great investor with one of the nation's top stockpickers, Jun Bei Liu. How did Liu learn to invest? What did she learn when things went wrong and what's her advice for everyday investors wanting to build their wealth?

Jun Bei Liu of Ten Cap joins Wealth Editor Julie-anne Sprague in this bonus episode.

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Inside the advice sector, they call it ‘the sweet spot’: The perfect amount of money to have in super that also guarantees you access to a government pension. With the majority of Australians accessing full or part-time pensions, it’s a big game and the rules have been clear for a long time.

But those ‘pension access’ rules may soon be overhauled as the government launches a major tax review this month at the so-called ‘productivity summit.

Hugh Robertson of Centaur Financial Services joins Associate Editor - Wealth James Kirby in this episode.

In today's show, we cover...

• The retirement sweet spot for optimising pension access
• The retirement black spot - just missing out on a pension 
• Why the pension asset test may soon be tightened
• Dividend Reinvestment Plans - Not for everyone

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Property investors have watched the Melbourne market sink for a decade. But the tide is turning, early investors are being rewarded as the latest numbers for Victoria show green shoots in the nation’s second biggest city.

Stuart Wemyss of the ProSolution Private Clients group joins Associate Editor - Wealth, James Kirby in this episode.

In today's show, we cover:

• Green shoots for Melbourne as city prices lift 
• A long way to go, how Victoria did nothing for a decade
• Property tax - Victoria no worse than interstate rivals
• The townhouse opportunity in our major cities 

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In today's special edition to mark the online launch of The Australian's 'Wealth Vertical', wealth editor Julie-anne Sprague joins James Kirby to talk about how an experienced financial journalist sets about investing.

Wealth editor Julie-anne Sprague joins Associate Editor-Wealth in this episode.

In today's show, we cover:

• Do the very rich tell us anything useful?
• Financial advice: Getting it is one thing, using it is another
• Taking risks when you know how often things go wrong 
• The way to start your wealth journey.
  
  

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So the story goes, you buy inside the 'zone' of a top public school and your property purchase can only be a winner. Well actually... the numbers don't really say that: In fact, as an investor you may do better somewhere else!

Eliza Owen, head of research at Cotality Australia, joins Associate Editor - Wealth, James Kirby in this episode. 

In today's show, we cover:

• Are public school zones hot property or not? 
• School fees versus property price premiums
• Underquoting is back with a vengeance
• Downsizing into apartments 
  
  

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The markets are overheating : Records are being made on the ASX while profits are actually falling. As we inch towards the most dangerous time of the year for the share market, you should be rebalancing your investment portfolio.

Adviser and family office chair, Dr Doug Turek joins Associate Editor - Wealth, James Kirby, in this episode.

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In today's show, we cover:

• Rebalancing time - whether you like it or not
• The alternatives to shares...especially gold
• A very obvious way to avoid the new super tax 
• Could the AI boom throw up a new Enron?

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