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Author:  Kent Davis, Fintech Director RCI Platform Australia Limited There is little doubt in my mind that home ownership underwrites an easier and less stressful retirement because a retiree will always have the security of their home equity to fall back on. They may access it to purchase something or fund required services. Conversely, non- home owner retirees spend their entire lives paying rent and the myriad of life associated costs that result for some, in a long term reliance on social welfare with little to offset their domestic capital outflows.

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Warren Buffet: ‘When it comes to investing, there are no guarantees. Buffett has emphasized time and again that putting your money into index funds is a reliable way to take advantage of market gains while hedging against risk.

This article was written in late 2019, well before the arrival of the global COVID-19 pandemic. The world has now abandoned any concept of debt surplus in meeting the spiralling costs of funding labour markets and the health defence against the pandemic which has threatened countries around the world.

Matthew Cranston Economics correspondent - The Morrison government will use evidence from the latest retirement income report (Chaired by Professor Deborah Ralston) to help retirees unlock equity from the family home and possibly allow first-time home buyers to tap their