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Things could get a little bit messy

Bruce Brammall, The Australian, 17 April, 2022 Let’s me put a bit of a bent on an old saying: “Enjoy the chocolate Easter eggs today … because it’s going to be boiled lollies for Christmas”. For the first time in nearly 12 years, we’ve had an interest rate rise. Actually, there’ll be many. It doesn’t […]

Back in 5…. years!

Bruce Brammall, The West Australian, 11 April, 2022 “Just heading out for a bit, Darl. Going to the city to pick myself up a licence to provide financial advice.” … Said a few Australian “finfluencers” in recent weeks, after their industry copped a rocket from ASIC for providing financial advice illegally. Some finfluencers think they […]

Think of bricks and mortality

Bruce Brammall, The Australian, 10 April, 2022 My kids are polar opposites in so many ways. One boy, one girl. One barely talks. The other won’t stop. One has my sense of humour, the other my wife’s. American rap versus pop. Saver versus spender. Messy (like bombs going off everywhere) versus clean, tidy and orderly. […]

Stuff it all in, kiddies

Bruce Brammall, The West Australian, 28 March, 2022                                                     Imagine how much different a household budget would be if it were more like a Federal Budget. If the kids didn’t […]

Twin forces set to wreck your budget

Bruce Brammall, The West Australian, 14 March, 2022                                                         It’s so thick in the air now, you can almost smell it. You can sense the pain and suffering […]

Give markets a chance

Bruce Brammall, The West Australian, 28 February, 2022 My knowledge of Russian is limited to a few words I picked up from staff aboard the Aleksandr Pushkin cruise ship in 1989. It was a Contiki holiday – only for those aged 18 to 35. Party. Hard. Stolichnaya vodka featured prominently. The days I remember. The […]

Rules to win super game

Bruce Brammall, The West Australian, 14 February, 2022 It’s not always the smartest person in the room that wins the game. Often, it’s the person who knows the rules best. How many times have you been soundly flogged by children, or mates, who wiped you off the floor before you really knew what was going […]

Brace yourselves – millions of first-timers face rate hikes

    Bruce Brammall, The West Australian, 31 January, 2022 Roses are red. Violets are blue. When the cheap money stops flowing, how stuffed are you? It appears you can put rising interest rates in the same “dead certainty” category as death and taxes. They’re coming. It’s just a matter of when. And how many. […]

Pros and cons of negative gearing

Bruce Brammall, The Australian, 16 January, 2022 I wasn’t even a teenager when actress and fitness “guru” Jane Fonda made famous the “no pain, no gain” exercise mantra. Her thinking was that if you’re not in pain when working out, you’re not working hard enough. (If I’m feeling pain when I’m exercising, it’s more likely […]

This is why you need to invest

Bruce Brammall, The Australian, 9 January, 2022                                 Sadly, time takes some opportunities away. Youthful dreams often need to be let go of, as age and circumstance preclude a serious run at some things. Professional golf is a door that […]