Just how volatile have markets been in the first weeks of 2016? With a little explanation, hopefully the above pictures will prove their worth to be at least as good as the metaphorical thousand words. On the left hand side we have the ASX200 and on the...
A rebound in prices during October was relatively widespread in investment markets around the world, which has the effect of reducing future expected returns. Though as can clearly be seen, we remain of the long term view that there is significant value available and as...
Relativities between asset classes have remained stable over the past month. We now see the outlook for the Financials sector as broadly in line with the overall Australian Equities, whereas previously it had been lower due to rising share prices. Any further weakness in Financials...
Getting your Finances Under Control No.5 Invest In Your Home Owning your own home provides security for you and your family and home ownership is the aspiration of most Australians. Home ownership also delivers favourable tax concessions in that any gain we achieve on the sale of our...
Getting your Finances Under Control No.7 Invest In Yourself One way of building wealth is to increase our capacity to earn. To achieve this is to be willing, irrespective of our age, to increase our knowledge and skills through continuing education and training. Many people expect their employer to...
Getting your Finances Under Control No.6 Protect Yourself and Your Assets We all understand how important it is to insure our possessions, be it our home and its contents, our car and the like. But how many of us have adequate insurance on our life and our ability...