Ellerfield Financial planning

Every time I interview Australia's academic bear - Associate Professor Steve Keen from the University of Western Sydney - I always need a positive booster to remind me that the Australian economy is an out-performer and looks poised to beat the global worst case scenarios put forward by other bearish or negative economists.

It's almost that time of year - tax time. David Koch has prepared a checklist of things to remember when you're preparing your tax return for the 2008-2009 financial year.

With the end of the financial year almost upon us, Julia Lee runs through why shares can be such a tax effective vehicle.

Aaron Lynch takes a closer look at the stock market patterns. He uses these trends to understand the up's and down's and to help determine what we can expect from the market in the next few months.