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Without the rich miners to foot the bill, who will?
What a week we’ve had! Since last Friday, we have had a series of unexpected losses. Two top CEOs resigned unexpectedly, the entire board of a major mining company was lost in a plane crash in Africa, and as if that was not enough shock, we lost Kevin Rudd as our Prime Minister yesterday! Yesterday [...]
My favourite information sources – Part 3
Investors need to keep up with the financial news which may affect their investments. With the internet, it is now very easy to get breaking news, literally seconds after it happens on the many free finance news portals. My favourite international news portal would be Bloomberg. I normally check the Bloomberg headlines and key US [...]
My favourite information sources – Part 2
In Part 2 of this series, we continue with more of my favourite sources of fundamental information. Another book that has greatly increased our understanding of what to expect in the future is Harry Dent’s The Great Depression Ahead: How to Prosper in the Debt Crisis of 2010 – 2012. He bases his predictions for [...]
My favourite information sources – Part 1
I remember first hearing about the US subprime crisis around July 2007, three years ago. At that time we had no idea of its implications – was it a small problem that would be quickly resolved or the beginning of something much bigger? As new SMSF trustees, I remember feeling very fearful about what the [...]
Where are commodities headed?
I was not sure if I should write this post as I am definitely no expert on resource stocks, but I felt concerned when I read what some advisers are saying about the recent correction in mining stocks. Most of them have attributed it to the Resource Super Profit Tax or RSPT announced in early [...]
Help with SMSF adminstration and compliance
June 30 is fast approaching so this is the time of year when we start thinking about the tax, accounting and audit requirements for our SMSF. Many thanks to everyone who answered our survey question “What help do you need most with your SMSF?”. The answers will help me decide on what to write about. [...]
Three can get you two
“Debt will get you in trouble” is a strange admonition when it comes a guy who helps to lend $1 trillion of it. This was the opening line used by Bill Gross, Managing Director of PIMCO the world’s largest bond fund in his Investment Outlook for June 2010. In this issue, he talks about the [...]
