How to start in an area that is so little understood, even by those who set out to regulate or administer the laws of advice? Let’s start in a place called Mar-a-Lago, a Donald Trump owned private club in the salubrious Palm Beach in the good ol’ US of A. The cream of the local…
Protected: Great Southern appoints Administrators
Yin and Yang and Federal Budgets
Sometimes it seems that the Federal Budget could be improved through a strong dose of Taoist thinking. Here is my logic… The budget is supposedly one of those things that involves balance. That is, Government receipts are balanced with Government expenditure. The Budget updates in May are a time where past income/expenses are published and proposed…
Pidgin Economics
“pidgin strives to be a simple and effective form of communication” and i like simple… With the massive stimulatory efforts of Governments and central banks throughout the world, mainstream media is starting to use once-fantasy-world terms with a flippancy that does little to portray the intensity of what it being done. For example, if the…
Musings on Markets and Mayhem
Sitting here on a Tuesday morning, pondering what financial outcomes are likely to flow from the 7th April moving to the 8th April. Will it be “just another day”?
Biased or not?
Quite possibly THE singularly most important issue that can be dealt with when considering money. This is likely to be a rather lengthy and ongoing discussion, so go make a coffee (or tea or whichever version of calmative you prefer), lean back and open your mind just that extra little bit. There are more issues…
The word “independent”
This is a very special word in the area of financial services. At least, it is legislatively important in Australia and a good starting point when you begin to consider money, advice and how they interact. Let’s get technical for just a moment… In Australia, the word “indepedent” and its use by financial intermediaries is…
