General discussion on the activities of a financial planner and their clients, as well as comment on broad industry trends and practices.
IF you were a wealthy individual, worried about the economic environment that you were in, would you lend millions of dollars to your government at a nil interest rate? Well, it seems that many people in the world think that is a fantastic idea. The German government has pulled one of the best financial swifties…
Financial Planning “This time it is different”… One of the most famous sayings in financial circles, and the one that we can all laugh at, when we read about economics professors or sharemarket professionals making suggestions such as markets having reached a permanent high plateau – just prior to the onset of the market crash that…
At least, that is the impression you can get when tuning in to some sections of the media. As covered in previous posts, the post-GFC world is a tumultuous one, with many long cherished “laws” of investment being turned on their head, and many investors feeling helpless in the face of small, zero or negative…
One of the debates raging in the post GFC financial world concerns the relative advantages and disadvantages of investment structures. For example, many people have decided that “managed funds” are expensive, opaque and have bad returns. At the same time, there has been a substantial lift in the funds being invested into “Listed Investment Companies…
This is a common question i am asked by parents who are keen to see that their children get the same (hopefully better!) opportunities in life that they had. It’s not one of my worries, and i’ll share with you the reasons why i consider home affordability to be one of the least concerns for my children’s future.…
With all the gloomy news about falling retail sales, declining house prices, and small business access to credit, the average person can be forgiven for thinking that “things are bad”. In times such as this, it is natural for a parent to worry about the world that their children will inherit, and the financial problems…
Is it really essential to bag all financial planners just to improve the market for your own service offering?
With all the access to information and compelling voices of authority of the modern world, it can be hard to work out what you need to know, and what is just “noise”.
It is so easy to forget that investment markets change direction in a way that can only be identified in hindsight.
While not usually given to hype-driven headlines and catchy bylines, it seems to me that investors are currently being led by some errant media ramping of fixed income products – which is wrapped up in the guise of genuine commentary, research and financial opportunity. This is not a gloom and doom post, and not a…
