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What is a good rental yield?
If you are thinking of buying a property for investment purposes, what is a good gross yield?
I've been told you should take 3 zero's off the price of the property, so if a property is worth 400,000, ...
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In the U.S., what is the easiest way to buy Australian government bonds?
The NY Times says:
He cited the example of buying a one-year Australian government bond, yielding 5.25 percent. He said he believed that the American dollar was going to lose value and the ...
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I'm moving to another country. Where should I keep my money?
I've been working in the US for a number of years, and am shortly to return to Australia. My cash is in an online bank based in the US.
Would you recommend I move it to an Australian bank, or leave ...
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Transfer money from US (“prepaid”) VISA Debit to AU bank account
I have a Citi prepaid VISA Debit card (these kind of cards) that has been issued in the US. I live in Australia, and would like to move money off of the card into my bank account. For reference, the ...
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Should I put things like Family Payments, Interest on savings .. everything .. under my wife's name for Australian taxation reasons?
so it's tax time again.
My wife and I aren't sure who's name/names we should be putting any of our incomes into for Australian Taxation reasons.
To keep this simple, I'll use some fake numbers to ...
