Huge financial disasters, by their very nature, come from positions where the greatest risks are taken. Sometimes, this is simply rampant stupidity. When a big punt is made and caution … Read More Biggest risks can be in property
Tag Archives: Property investment for beginners
Property pitfalls can cost dearly
The number of ways you can blow up large amounts of money very quickly is near endless. Owning race horses, a life high of drugs, … Read More Property pitfalls can cost dearly
Use the internet as a financial tool
The internet is one of those points in time that will define generations. Like, where were you when Whitlam was sacked? When Princess Diana … Read More Use the internet as a financial tool
Beware the one-stop-shop property investment
I’ve never been a protestor. I’ve never held aloft a banner, attended a march, or camped outside a building with a megaphone, demanding action, like, now. That’s not to say … Read More Beware the one-stop-shop property investment
If you need help find an adviser
There are some things in life I simply won’t do. There is an equal amount Mrs DebtMan also refuses to lift a finger on. Sometimes, this is simply demarcation. Lines … Read More If you need help find an adviser
Yes, you can have too much cash
Is it possible to hold too much cash? If that sounds crazy, like a trick question, that’s because it is. And, therefore, the answer is the opposite of what you … Read More Yes, you can have too much cash
Used wisely, debt can help to achieve great things
There is a group of people that, to the day I die, are going to confound me. But it’s mutual. I’ll never get them. And … Read More Used wisely, debt can help to achieve great things
Bargains you will come to love
Everyone loves a bargain. Something cheaper than it was a little while ago, or a bonus thrown into the purchase. End of year stocktake sales, flights outside of holiday peaks, … Read More Bargains you will come to love
The rope-a-dope ‘facts’ lack punch
Walk away. No winners here. Not even interesting conversation. Just the painful sound of your head banging against a brick wall. When it comes to investing, this affliction is most … Read More The rope-a-dope ‘facts’ lack punch
Don’t panic about war talk
Forget the phoney election “class warfare” grabbing the headlines, with Billy claiming this and Malcolm claiming that. There’s a bigger, more important, war erupting. Generational warfare. An economic one. And … Read More Don’t panic about war talk