Keep your helmets on, investors – this is probably only a short break in hostilities. We’re still under attack. And the battles, on several fronts, aren’t likely to be over for some time yet. With the stock-market shenanigans, which at the end of August looked like they would right themselves, but then resumed stupidity. The […]
Generation X is often accused of being fatalistic about superannuation. Many believe it will be hoovered up by government taxes, crash before they receive it, or taken by frauds. But they’re not acceptable excuses for taking a bad attitude to super. Most importantly, Xers need to understand that super is our money, we just can’t […]
SUMMARY: The message on asset class diversification has never been clearer. If you’re a self-managed super fund trustee and your guts haven’t been churning in recent weeks, then I know something about you. You’re fully invested in cash. And while that has served you well in the last fortnight, it’s been a number of years […]
We’ve got it. We don’t use it much. And with respect, health insurers make their story a hard one to sell. The insurers’ premiums go up by multiples of inflation every year, approved by governments, who use penalties to try to force many to take it out. That is, we get shoehorned in by governments […]
Penalties need to match the crime. And should be meted out to the evil-doer. As a statement, are there any objections? If I didn’t do the crime, should I be punished? So why do I feel like I am being whacked because someone vaguely related to me – like an idiot, […]
From inception. In the womb, my DebtKids were played Money, Money by Grateful Dead, Barrett Strong’s Money (That’s What I Want) and Billionaire by Travie McCoy. There was a money mobile over their cots, and were wrapped in to their snuggly quilts featuring $100 notes. Their first soft toy was “Maisy […]
Are we all casually strolling into Armageddon? Hand in hand with that mob we hate/love that oils/finances our lives? I mean, what the hell is going on with our banks? They’ve been announcing record profits, but are now rattling the tins for cash injections, while punishing property investors by sharply increasing interest rates. […]
Peer-to-peer lending? If it involves lending to friends and family … are you freakin’ serious! Nothing but horror stories. P2P lending isn’t that. It’s lending to randoms. Via the internet. No emotion. The Terminator. They don’t know who you are. You don’t know who they are. You can’t […]
It’s the middle of winter. It’s freezing outside. If this is about sacrifice, I think we could cut out heating at home for the month … … by going to Bali! Which is where I’m writing this from. Cheating? Not in the spirit of things? Financial vices, hmmm. I haven’t got many. When I see […]
Better questions. Who would you rather sleep with? Ladies, Brad Pitt or Matthew McConaughey? Lads, Jennifer Love Hewitt or Heather Locklear? If you’re straight, perhaps you answered a screaming “BOTH!”. If you’re gay or bi, you might have answered two, possibly more. If you’re a Gen Xer and answered one or less … then […]
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