First published 1 August 2019 for Mancell Financial Group If you have even a passing interest in films, you’ll probably know the names Robert De Niro and Al Pacino. Both have been mainstays of the film business since the early 1970’s, with the pair acclaimed and awarded for their performances dating back to that decade. […]
First published 12 July 2019 for Mancell Financial Group Over the weekend, the Australian Financial Review profiled one of the victims (story behind paywall) of the alleged Goldsky ponzi scheme, along with ASIC’s apparent lack of action in shutting Goldsky down before too many unsuspecting investors were drawn in. We briefly wrote about Goldsky last […]
First published 5 July 2019 for Mancell Financial Group Australia appears to be stuck in an economic malaise. Household debt has never been higher, wage growth is stagnant, gross domestic product per capita (everyone’s share of the economic pie) has been shrinking. And this was with interest rates already at record lows. Solution? Cut interest […]
First published 27 June 2019 for Mancell Financial Group Heard of Warren Buffett? You probably have. You might not really know much about him, but that’s ok. World’s most famous investor. World’s greatest investor. Take your pick. He’s reasonably well known and has been reasonably successful, to put it mildly. When Warren speaks, people listen. […]
First published 21 March 2019 for Mancell Financial Group One of the more disturbing aspects of the ongoing franking credits debate have been the reports of health troubles being suffered by affected retirees. As noted by The Australian when reporting on a franking credits hearing: Several speakers referred to the personal impact of the policy. […]
First published 20 June 2019 for Mancell Financial Group We’ve long made a point of saying the day to day movements of the markets are irrelevant to investment fortunes. It’s the time spent in the market that counts, not trying to second guess entries and exit points along the way. Doing so is impossible and […]
First published 6 June 2019 for Mancell Financial Group Neil Woodford has a neck thick like a rugby player and a head shaped like it was chiselled out of granite, it could be mounted somewhere on Easter Island. Imposing is an appropriate word to describe his appearance. Woodford is a man screaming conviction. Charlie Aitken […]
First published 30 May 2019 for Mancell Financial Group Wildlife poaching remains a regrettable occurrence in a world that continues to modernise. Driven by lax laws, a demand for ornamental souvenirs and nonsense beliefs that exotic animal parts can cure diseases such as cancer, poaching has remained impossible to stamp out. At the root of […]
First published 23 May 2019 for Mancell Financial Group With the election over, stories of the relieved industries and individuals are populating the media. The real estate industry is telling anyone who will listen that the bottom is in after two years of falls in Australia’s major capital cities. But when hasn’t it been a […]
First published 16 May 2019 for Mancell Financial Group One of the most important things for investors is mastering the ability to sit in their seat over the long term. Not reacting to markets when they don’t go the way they’d hoped and accepting that sometimes there will be bouts of frustration. Historically our local […]
