Just in the last month, I met three people who were advised to use a self-managed super...
Some new measures introduced on 7 August 2012 as part of the suite of measures announced within...
As promised, below are some key findings from a study into 137 years of Australian share price...
The start of a new financial year is always a good time to review your investment strategy....
After a nine month gestation, my “baby” was finally born this week. My new blog / education...
We commenced the review of our investment strategy with an assessment of market conditions and concluded that...
Volatility is the only thing we can be certain of today. The crazy price action in the...
A number of events in recent days have made me reflect on our conventional thinking of growth...
Australian investors are a lucky lot when it comes to getting big dividends from our stocks. Dividend...
It has been an exciting week, starting with going back to work full-time after a six year...
It’s so good to be able to sit down and write a blog post today. I had...
With one more month to go to the end of 2010, it is pretty safe to conclude...
As a follow up to my last post A Case for Action, here is another slightly contrarian post to provoke you to rethink your retirement investment strategy.
Until recently, I have not really given too much thought to the age pension for our own retirement. I guess I had always thought we would be self-funded retirees, like our parents, and did not really count on the pension being around when we retire. However, my thinking has been challenged after reading some excellent …
With the RBA slashing interest rates in the past year, Australian investors have been complaining about the shrinking yield from their bank deposits. I guess we should still count ourselves lucky compared to bank depositors in Cyprus who woke up this morning to find that they may have a -10% return on their cash in the bank this year!
Cyprus needs a bailout from the European Union and one of the conditions of the bailout was a special “bank levy”. Deposits of more than 100,000 euros will be …
Hello to all current and future SMSF Trustees
My husband and I started our own self-managed super fund in March 2007 because we wanted to take more control of managing our investments. Like most people, our fund was started through our accountant. After helping us with the paperwork (trust deed, ABN registration, accounting and auditing etc) we found we were on our own to do the most important activity, which is to invest and grow the funds under our management. Our fund started with around $100K and though …
Hi, thanks for visiting our website. Based on our analysis of our website traffic, you may be someone who is thinking of starting your own self-managed super fund, or someone who already has a SMSF and is looking for some help in preparing an investment strategy or you may be looking for some investment ideas for your SMSF. We have compiled a list of blog posts based …
As a follow up to my last post A Case for Action, here is another slightly contrarian post to provoke you...
To most people, what happened in Cyprus is yesterday’s news. So what if a bunch of rich Russians lost 60% of...
With the RBA slashing interest rates in the past year, Australian investors have been complaining about the shrinking yield from their...
Without a doubt, the current sentiment is bullish. From the chart of the ASX 200 below, we can see that the...
There is little good news for the Australian market. China is definitely slowing down and there is much uncertainty over the...
It has been over a month since my last post. June and July are probably the busiest months for SMSF Trustees...
Happy New Year! As school recommences for 2012, I bet many parents (me included) are...
Volatility is the only thing we can be certain of today. The crazy price action...
Update (12 April 2012): The pilot has been completed and our training and mentoring program...
Low risk and high yield is the elusive goal that all investors strive to achieve....
We just received the FY2011 financial statements for our SMSF and once again we are...
Things are slowly settling down in my parent’s household and I finally have some time...
With the Aussie dollar making new highs everyday, the action is definitely in the currency...
The Hindenburg Omen is another technical indicator that has been talked about a lot in...
I have covered a number of my favourite sources of fundamental information in the first...
Investors need to keep up with the financial news which may affect their investments. With...