Pretend this is “The Price is Right” and I’m Ian Turpie. I need a quick answer. Ready? Which of these two groups is more valuable? Group A: Your car, your home contents and your house. Group B: Your life, your arms/legs and your ability to work for the next 20-30 years? Time’s up. Anyone who […]
Always look on the bright side of death / Just before you draw your terminal breath The “Don’t Worry, Be Happy”, whistle-your-blues-away, approach to your impending demise might be a little hard to put into practice. While Monty Python’s “Life of Brian” got us laughing about it, death itself is one of life’s imponderables. Hey, […]
Download Debt Man #52 feb2013A
I’m feeling an arctic breeze blowing through my world, but I can’t hear the “Happy Feet” tapping of penguins. I’m feeling a little vulnerable, a little skittish. Actually, I’m feeling a little like Tinkerbell. Peter Pan warned the kids that if Jane stopped believing in fairies, “Tink’s light’s gonna go out”. She’d just plain disappear. […]
For the nervous, the twitchy, the ones looking for an excuse … is it ever really a good time to invest? Nobody likes to “catch a falling knife”. With shares, picking a plummeting stock’s bottom is more luck than skill. Take investing any time in 2008. Every knife in the kitchen, sharpened by Gordon Ramsay […]
Debt Man #51 jan2013
A good prank call … ah, it can be a world of fun? Bart Simpson versus barkeep Moe? Classic comedy! Hours of laughter. However, as we’ve recently witnessed, it can, literally, turn deadly. The Sydney DJs and the royal pregnancy prank phone call have altered FM radio forever. I’m thinking anti-coal campaigner Jonathan Moylan was […]
I feel like Homer Simpson at this time of year. Um, actually, maybe “I look like” Homer Simpson. After 25 Christmas parties in 25 days, I can’t see my belly button. I’ll tackle that in January. What I need help with is … what is that thing in my navel? Is it just useless fluff? […]
Newton’s Third Law of Interest Rates: “For every cheer, someone sheds a tear.” I know, there’s no such thing. Sir Isaac was no economist (the dismal science). He was a physicist (something that deals in relative certainty). But you could convert all three of his laws of motion into equally accurate money rules. Most notably […]
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