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Day: February 3, 2014

Credit gorgers face ugly reality — time to pay up

A  good “shock survey result” can be a great read. The good ones can rattle your cage, shake your little world. Get you focussed on something important in your life. That is, if you don’t deliberately divorce yourself from the findings by deflection. “They’re talking about other people, not me.” Or other species. Such as […]

Should you listen to financial advice from family and friends or only take advice from qualified professionals?

Advisers? Thppppt! Bunch of overpaid Porsche-driving salesmen! Opinions from family and friends are free. Just listen to lots and make up your own mind. What’s the worst that can happen? OMG! You have no idea. The disasters I’ve seen. The family feuds! I switched into business journalism in 1999. I did so because I was […]

Secret lessons from DIY funds

SUMMARY: Taking SMSFs seriously – now fund managers and stock brokers want to know how we think so they can second guess us. Yes, self-managed super funds are a force to be reckoned with. You and I have known that for some time. But it’s only now just dawning on some elements in the finance […]