by admin | Jul 30, 2018 | Investment, Lifestyle
As a new financial year gets underway in Australia, the media tends to be full of outlooks about what investors can expect for the 2018/19 financial year. These pieces are often entertaining to read, but can be even more so a year later. Given Australians’ large...
by admin | Jul 18, 2018 | Investment
Have you read the news today? Chances are there’s something happening in the world with the potential to keep you awake at night. But while it’s one thing to follow the news, it’s another to act on it in a way that can backfire on you as an investor. Journalists...
by admin | Apr 11, 2018 | Investment
Australia, earth’s driest continent, experienced national rainfall in 2017 that was 8% above the historical average. The year was the 30th wettest on record, according to the Bureau of Meteorology. But the story is more complicated than that. While rainfall...
by admin | Mar 14, 2018 | Investment
What do you think will give you a larger portfolio value at 65: saving $12,000 pa for 10 years or $12,000 pa for 20 years? Believe it or not, saving for 10 years is the answer – only if those 10 years are at the early stages of your working life. An investor...
by admin | Nov 16, 2017 | Investment
Growing interest in the impact of fossil fuels on the global climate often sparks questions from people about whether they can integrate their values around sustainability with their investment goals and, if so, how. According to a global sustainable investment group...
by admin | Aug 2, 2017 | Investment
In 2009, the US and Australian stock markets slid 55.65% and 53.95% respectively, all within a 15 month period. Your $1,000,000 share portfolio would have been worth around $450,000. Here’s what it looked like: Source: Thomson Reuters Investors were liquidating their...
