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The King’s Dead

Bruce Brammall, The Daily Telegraph, 15 August, 2021     Is the famous phrase “cash is king” such a truism that it can’t be argued? It has some great upsides. Cash is pure liquidity and can purchase anything. It allows you to act fast on opportunities. It’s accepted by everyone – except maybe crypto-loving Russian […]

Waddya mean, no?

Bruce Brammall, The West Australian, 9 August, 2021                                                                     Watching the never-ending generational warfare on property prices between Boomers and Millennials can […]

A new housing “crisis” knocks

Bruce Brammall, The Australian, 8 August, 2021                                                                           I love the old gag about economists and their wayward prognostications: […]

Look at your super balance and smile

Bruce Brammall, The West Australian, 12 July, 2021 Want to put on a smile? Go look at your super balance. I’ll wait. Hey! How good was that performance? Wet blanket moment: Don’t hold your breath waiting for that to happen again in your lifetime. It might, but it’s unlikely. Traditional balanced super funds were likely […]

The Sir Humphrey Problem

  Bruce Brammall, The West Australian, 26 July, 2021 Don’t you love some of those cosmic laws? You know, the ones that sound like they’re laws of physics, but aren’t. Murphy’s Law: “Anything that can go wrong, will”. Parkinson’s Law: “Work expands so as to fill the time available for it’s completion”. And the Law […]

We are all now richer!

  Bruce Brammall, The West Australian, 28 June, 2021 “You’ve never been richer” says the Government’s chief statistician. And he’s quoting stats, so you know it’s 100 per cent fact. (Oh, except for when they need to belatedly revise things.) Given the financial year we farewelled last month, that would have been a gutsy prediction […]

Why Susan’s so super

Bruce Brammall, The West Australian, 14 June, 2021                     June is finance Grand Final time and you can smell the tension in the air. Might make you jumpy enough to get you a little punchy – give or take a little bit of a jab. Lucky […]

No time for ifs, buts

Bruce Brammall, The West Australian, 31 May, 2021                   Kids always seem to forget their parents were once their age. And every excuse they try to pull on is one their oldies have previously used themselves. “Oh, DebtBoy. You haven’t done your homework because you haven’t had […]

A Super Spreader

Bruce Brammall, The West Australian, 17 May, 2021   No matter your political colours, it’s fair to say most rules and laws are made for sensible reasons – at the time they’re made. But while laws stand still, time marches on. And stagnant laws can age just as badly as fashion. I present two examples […]

Is rate party over?

Bruce Brammall, The West Australian, 3 May, 2021               Done and dusted. That’s it. A line in the sand has been drawn on low interest rates. The only way is up. The Reserve Bank has mouthed the words. And the major lenders have responded. They’ve even told us when. […]