If you’re trying to live in a way that helps mitigate the effects of climate change, you might resolve to fly less often or eat less meat. But what about switching banks?

It can be tough to know if you should buy, sell, or hold your investments when fears of a recession grow. You might even want to pull the covers up over your head and hide from the stock market’s twists and turns. But don’t despair when rumours start, and instead think about the following analogy before looking at your investment accounts next.

Do you have a favourite financial guru? Are you a Dave Ramsey devotee or a Suze Orman enthusiast? Are you more likely to recommend Your Money or Your Life or The Millionaire Next Door?

I remember exactly where I was when I realised how long it would take to save up a year’s worth of income.

If you've checked property news over the past month, there's a high chance you'll have encountered stories about cash rate changes. Everyone's talking about it, and while the Reserve Bank of Australia has held rates where they've been for almost three years, a change is finally on the horizon.

I don’t know about you, but before I choose a restaurant, I like to look at a lot of photos and reviews.

If you’re pursuing financial independence and early retirement, you’ve probably heard about the 4% Rule: When you’re calculating whether your investment portfolio will cover your cost of living, assume a 4 per cent withdrawal rate.

Now is the best time to find better and faster ways to build a secure financial future.

However, it's hard to find the time to work on an investment strategy with all the other commitments in life.

Frequent Lifehacker readers already know that I need all the help I can get when it comes to saving money, so it should come as no surprise that I am interested in the ways people attempt to save money. Is it as simple as putting a few dollars into a different account every month? Or do I need to take a more concerned effort?

Chances are good you’ve at least heard of Bitcoin and the concept of digital currencies. Lately, they’ve been in the spotlight more than usual.

With good reason. Bitcoin prices have skyrocketed from just under $1,000 for one Bitcoin on January 1, 2017 to more than $6,000 at the beginning of November 2017.

That’s 600% in less than a year.

Enough people have made a decent amount through Bitcoin that investment groups are sitting up and taking notice.

Robo advisors have become popular options for investors. They use tools to automatically, effortlessly manage and help diversify your investment portfolio - no human interaction required. And while this kind of automation makes them cheaper than a traditional financial advisor, that doesn't mean they're free.

We're all for "set and forget" investment portfolios, but keep in mind: That's not literal. You shouldn't completely forget about your investment accounts, because every now and then, they need a tune-up. Here are the three questions you should ask when rebalancing your portfolio.

Every time you hear that the market's taking a downward turn, you get the itch to sell your stocks, cash out your investments and hide in a hole, right? Turns out panic almost never helps investments.

People often get excited about the possibility of getting a nice return on their money through investing, so as soon as they have a little bit of cash in hand, they're ready to invest. They want to make their money work for them, and that's completely understandable. But not everyone is ready to jump in.

The Australian market closed with more losses today, ending a bad week for Aussie shareholders. The S&P/ASX 200 index is a market-capitalization weighted and float-adjusted stock market index of Australian stocks listed on the Australian Securities Exchange. This week, the index fell 4.2% and has fallen a whopping 10% since the start of 2016.

The popular US finance app Acorns is now available in Australia. Like the nut it is named after, the app takes something small -- your leftover change -- and attempts to grow it into something much bigger. This is achieved by automatically investing the money into a diversified portfolio of exchange traded funds (ETFs) whenever you make an online purchase. Here's how it works.

The Sydney property market is insanely hot right now, and the city attracts a lot of tourists. It doesn't automatically follow that it's a good idea to invest in holiday accommodation in Sydney, however.

Lenders Mortgage Insurance (LMI) is a one-off fee payable when borrowing more than 80 per cent of a property's value. It's yet another expense that can make life difficult for cash-strapped home buyers; even for a modestly priced property. This "hustler's guide" from Home Loan Experts outlines the various ways you can reduce -- or completely avoid -- your LMI fee.

Peter Ray is a private collector of war memorabilia based in Bilpin, NSW. The jewel of his collection is a Matilda II Mk IV infantry tank used by Australian army regiments during World War II. Purchased in 1980 for a mere $700, it currently commands a price tag of more than $400,000. Sometimes, weird investments have a way of paying off.