First published 7 May 2015 for Mancell Financial Group You may have noticed oil has been a consistent theme this year. Not because we’re predicting where it may go, or even have any interest in the price (beyond how it impacts us at the pump), but because the price fall lured plenty of financial forecasters […]
First published 9 April 2015 for Mancell Financial Group With low interest rates continuing to heat up some property markets around Australia there seems to be an ever increasing number of real estate spruikers or “property specialists” (as they’re calling themselves) coming out of the woodwork to push their wares. Just this week we received […]
First published 2 April 2015 for Mancell Financial Group Ever heard the saying “a lie gets half way around the world before the truth puts it pants on”? Well, when it’s a financial lie and it’s being repeated often enough by lazy journalists, a lie can do a few laps of the world before the […]
First published 19 March 2015 for Mancell Financial Group If you work with a financial advisor, it always helps to remember what they exist for. A financial advisor exists to help you with your financial circumstances and decisions – whatever they may be. It may seem strange to state that, but sometimes the clients of […]
First published 5 March 2015 for Mancell Financial Group Have you noticed there are never any boring headlines in the investment media? Read the headlines and there are often only two things that can happen – crash or boom. If we’re not careening upwards at breakneck speed, alternatively we’ll be losing our shirts in the […]
First published 26 February 2015 for Mancell Financial Group If you hadn’t noticed, something’s going to give in this country’s retirement sector. We keep hearing about debt and what needs to be cut. Recently retirement options have again been under the microscope. The sustainability of the age pension is questioned. The ability to continue superannuation tax breaks […]
First published 20 February 2015 for Mancell Financial Group While no one we know was there to see it, we can imagine it was a very sombre moment. Earlier this month a rather ordinary looking peach coloured fibro house in the mining port town of Port Headland was up for auction. The auction didn’t go […]
First published 19 February 2015 for Mancell Financial Group This week we learned that oil was going to $10! It was the latest in an endless stream of hyperbolic attention seeking predictions from investment commentators and financial institutions. While most peoples’ true interest in the price of oil relates to how much it affects the […]
First published 6 February 2015 for Mancell Financial Group The world’s in a mess! Oil’s tanked. Greece and the European Union are fighting over debt (again). Australia has a Prime Minister hanging on by the fingernails (again). The Australian dollar has cratered against the US. Madmen are running riot through the Middle East (again). Interest […]
First published 11 December 2014 for Mancell Financial Group “I’m starting to think I should be focusing on less volatile investments.” It was an offhand comment, but it was clearly thrown in my direction in the hope I’d ask him to elaborate on the volatile investments he’d been focusing on. Dabbling in the riskier end […]
