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Robin Bowerman, Principal and Head of Retail at Vanguard Investments, shares investment and personal finance insights gained from two decades in the finance industry as writer, commentator and editor.

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Australia versus the world 03 Sep 10

September is the season when biases of the sporting kind are given full rein as the respective winter football codes gear up for the season-defining grand finals.

Breakdown shocker 01 Sep 10

When marriages and de facto relationships fail, the finances of the separated couples are almost always badly damaged.

More money, longer life 30 Aug 10

A recent life-expectancy study of retirees receiving superannuation pensions from large public-sector super funds suggests that higher retirement incomes can mean greater life expectancy.

Why value is an investor’s bottom line 27 Aug 10

Where do you draw the line between cheap and nasty and great value for money?

Never say never - again 25 Aug 10

Some readers may remember - at least from late night television - that Never Say Never Again was the name of a 1983 James Bond movie starring Sean Connery.

Hard at work 23 Aug 10

Do you think that you work too hard? It seems that many Australians would give a resounding answer to this question: "Yes".

Financial plans provide inertia antidote 20 Aug 10

Indecision is the perfect bedfellow of investor inertia.

ETFs: the next stage of their popularity 18 Aug 10

The recommendations of financial planners will help drive Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) to the next stage of their popularity, which has already been growing at an extraordinary pace in Australia over recent years.

Financial turning points 16 Aug 10

Are you ready for your next financial turning point? Probably, most of us would experience life's financial turning points without being properly prepared. It can be a costly mistake.

What price stable super? 13 Aug 10

Superannuation is not normally an attention grabber when it comes to federal elections.

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