First published 28 November 2019 for Mancell Financial Group It’s that time of year. When everyone starts talking about what will happen next year. Banks. Brokers. Economists. Lunatic gold newsletter salesmen on Youtube. They’ve all got an opinion. The media goes on holidays while those left manning the fort get extra lazy. We’re all subjected […]
First published 21 November 2019 for Mancell Financial Group It may only be over 100 years ago, but life in the 1900’s would be considered brutal by today’s standards. The bubonic plague was killing people in major Australian cities. Lights in your home might be candle or gas. Fridge, well that didn’t exist. Indoor plumbing? […]
First published 15 November 2019 for Mancell Financial Group You may have noticed there’s an ongoing argument over a change that’s said to be occurring. Some people want to argue over whether the climate has changed. Others want to argue over whether humans are responsible. Others want to argue if there is anything that can […]
First published 8 November 2019 for Mancell Financial Group Competitiveness can be good. It can drive us further. Lead us to do better things. Challenge ourselves in ways we didn’t think of. You don’t even need to compete with others. Compete against yourself. Health. Fitness. Creative. Skills. Projects. Financial. Anything. New goals. Comparison isn’t as […]
First published 31 October 2019 for Mancell Financial Group Alpha. In an investment sense it means how much better your returns were against a specific benchmark. If you were holding an ASX small cap fund and it returned 12% while the ASX small cap index returned 10%, your alpha is 2%. This can also work […]
First published 3 October 2019 for Mancell Financial Group Campbell River is about 250km from Victoria on Vancouver Island in British Columbia. It’s a long walk. If you want to take the most direct route you need to swim more than a kilometre across the Saanich Inlet. Discovery Island is several kilometres off the coast […]
First published 3 October 2019 for Mancell Financial Group They were the subject of much derision at the last federal election. Before you say the Labor party, no. Electric cars. What’s powering them (besides electricity)? Batteries. Charge them up and away you go – hopefully for a few hundred kms. Most of the battery focus […]
First published 26 September 2019 for Mancell Financial Group Shareholders aren’t everything. That sounds like a concerning statement to hear if you’re a shareholder. It might be the sort of thing you’d hear said by less than business friendly types. Hippies, socialists, gasp… millennials! Well no. It was essentially the message that came out of […]
First published 13 September 2019 for Mancell Financial Group “The markets haven’t been very good lately,” the investor said with some concern. “Should we be doing something?” Markets were off their highs. Trump was being Trump. August had been one of those months. Off nearly 5% in a week. Sideways for the next three. A […]
First published 6 September 2019 for Mancell Financial Group Trust comes naturally to some professions. Take a survey from any country and there will inevitably be a consistent top three in the trusted category: nurses, firefighters and doctors. It makes sense. At their core we have to trust these professions with our health and our […]
