I would like to apologize for the lack of new posts in the past few weeks as we were away for two weeks and last week I have been busy with getting the household back in order and helping the newest member of our family (a homestay student from China) settle in. I have also [...]
We came back from our holiday on Saturday just in time to hear the announcement of the next election on August 22. Will Julia Gillard continue to be our Prime Minister or will she break the record for the fifth shortest serving Prime Minister? Since taking over as PM on June 24th, she has made [...]
Yesterday was “grand final day” for fund managers as they scrambled to close the 2010 financial year with the best results possible. Despite valiant attempts to push the market higher throughout the day, fund managers were unable to maintain the double digit performance which was touted right up until May 2010. On 30 June 2010, [...]