Tuesday’s decision by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to increase interest rates has only added to what has been a bumpy start to the year in both share and bond markets. Markets like certainty, they thrive when the future…
The COVID pandemic has been awful for many around the globe. It has changed life as we have known it, perhaps forever. If you can put that aside, for investors, super fund members and homeowners, 2021 was about as…
One of the questions that is regularly asked relates to how superannuation is dealt with on a person’s death. Picture this… Dave and Marg are retirees. They both have accumulated superannuation which is being used to pay each of…
I have been a financial planner and advising clients for the better part of 30 years. From that experience, I know that the transition to retirement is one of the most daunting times that clients are faced with. You will…
At times like these, it is tempting to seek a secure prediction of the future, after all, we have been living through uncertain times for most of the last year or so, from floods to fire, back to floods and…
Carol* was in a state. She had just spent 1 hour and 40 minutes on the phone with Centrelink trying to assure them of her entitlement to JobSeeker Payment and finally had convinced the agent that she had registered several…
We have grown very used to investment markets continually rising. From the depths of the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) in March of 2009, we have seen a steady increase in asset values for a period of more than 10 years,…
Its been a tough couple of weeks on investment markets. Fears about the impact of CVID-19 (or the much better sounding Coronavirus) are weighing heavily on sentiment, and as we speak International and Australian Markets have declined in value by…
Remember how 2019 was going to be the year where you got your personal finances in order? If you are now as organised as you wanted to be well done! If not, I am going to bet that one of…
I was having a conversation with a client the other day who was feeling nervous about the state of the share market. This guy has been a client for many years so is quite experienced in terms of the ups…