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...
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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...
With the developed world expected to have low growth for some time, it would make sense to...
If you are planning to retire at 60 and are counting on your super to provide you...
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If you read the news headlines this week, it would be very hard to feel bullish. The French election results and political turmoil in Greece caused markets to become jittery globally. Monday (7 May) was reported to be the worst day of the stock market in 2012. There was no good news for wealth creation in our new budget which was announced on Tuesday, and to top off the bearish week, JP Morgan, financial superstar Jamie Dimon’s bank stunned everyone by announcing a $2 billion loss which …
After a nine month gestation, my “baby” was finally born this week. My new blog / education website “LowRiskIncome.Net” which is dedicated to teaching people about low risk strategies to generate income is finally up and running!
Since August last year, I have been thinking about starting my own business in something that I am passionate about, and for me it has always been about building financial security. One of the first …
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 …
If you read the news headlines this week, it would be very hard to feel bullish. The French election results and...
On March 16, former Treasury Secretary Dr Ken Henry made a call to super funds to reduce the weighting given to...
Today I read a newspaper article that covers a strategy that is not as well-covered in retirement planning as I think...
In my last post, I talked about the importance of risk management. In order to manage risk we must understand what...
Today’s post is inspired by Marcus Padley’s recent article Priority No. 1: survival. Priority 100: sharemarket glory. Marcus is one of...
We commenced the review of our investment strategy with an assessment of market conditions and concluded that on a “big picture”...
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...