To have and to hold

Making money is a choice. In this issue, we run our annual cover story on how best to invest $10,000. Some of you want to put these extra savings towards property while others prefer shares. The good news is that you have several options, as our experts explain in our cover story (page 32).

Making money is also about adapting to change. As part of our Super Booster campaign, we encourage you to check whether your super fund is the one that best suits your individual needs, especially if you haven’t reviewed it for years.

At the very least, you need to know if your retirement savings are in the right investment mix. As Nicola Field writes this month, don’t just settle for the default option (page 55).

Finally, making money is a commitment. You can be rich one day and poor the next if you treat wealth building like a new year’s resolution – as something that holds your attention for just a short period before you slide back into your old financial habits.

Let us help you stay committed through our articles, which reflect the choices and changes that could affect your investments.

To this end, we are proud to reach a fresh milestone – our 250th issue. Check out Julia Newbould’s column “250 great reasons to celebrate” (page 10) to find out more about the magazine’s beginnings and how we remain committed to achieving the same goals to this day.

On behalf of the Money team, we want to welcome our new readers who picked up Money magazine for the first time this year. And to our long-time readers who have been with us since day one, this issue is dedicated to you.