Over the Xmas / New Year break I spent some time pursuing one of my great passions (Freediving), and it got me thinking…does Freediving make you a better investor? In the sport of Free Diving, […]
Category: Financial Planning
10 Profound Quotes for Wealth & Happiness in 2021
Every year around about this time people start preparing to make New Years Resolutions – 80% of which fail by the second week of February according to this FSU News article. Yet despite this overwhelming […]
If You Can Resist a Marshmallow, I Will Make You Rich
In 1972, a Stanford University psychology professor named Walter Mischel ran an incredible, but simple experiment. A child was given a small treat – in this case they could choose between a Marshmallow or a […]
Liquidity Matters!
It is perhaps the most underrated aspect of investing, but I’m telling you – liquidity matters! It is so ubiquitous that we hardly pay any attention to it…we assume that for every seller there is […]
Managing A Corona Crisis
With Coronavirus risk mitigation measures ramping up it’s getting pretty rough out there at the moment and my heart goes out to anyone who is doing it tough. I wanted to take a moment to […]
Your Market Crash Survival Guide
When face masks become ‘normal’, planes fly around empty, and ordinary citizens start getting tasered for fighting over toilet paper it’s easy to let panic creep into your psyche. Investment markets begin to behave erratically, […]
What is the Best Vehicle for your Investment Capital?
In my work as a financial adviser an enormous proportion of my time is spent dispelling myths, misunderstandings, misconceptions, and unfortunately, just outright lies that clients have allowed to influence their financial decisions. There is […]
Where Are You Getting Your Advice?
Where you get your financial advice makes an enormous difference to your outcomes. But unfortunately, many people confuse trust for expertise and don’t get the results they had hoped for (or were promised). Think about […]
A Little Now = A Lot Later
I had a chat with a mate of mine this morning – a 30 y/o self-employed tradie. He works hard, he pays his mortgage, he has some investments, but during the call, he mentioned that […]
If it Feels Too Hard… You’re Probably Doing it Wrong
When i was a kid i could get exceptionally focussed. I would “get my blinkers on” (as my wife now refers to it) and i would beaver away trying to achieve whatever task it was […]