First published 5 January 2018 for Mancell Financial Group It could be argued to regularly follow the media is to pursue the extremes of public discourse. Especially, when it comes to politics. Watching the TV, it can be frightening to think of some of the crazed minds that turn up to various ‘pro this’ and […]
First published 14 December 2017 for Mancell Financial Group It’s the most notorious name in the financial and investment world. Ponzi. Charles Ponzi to be exact. It’s nearly 100 years since Charles Ponzi ran his ‘investment scheme’, essentially described as an operator giving the appearance of generating returns by paying out old investors with money […]
First published 1 December 2017 for Mancell Financial Group The year’s winding down, so in the financial world that can only mean one thing – forecasts for next year. Every mainstream media outlet will be putting them together over the next month because A. people like lists; and B. they’re easy to string together. The […]
First published 24 November 2017 for Mancell Financial Group Investing is a tough deal. Our noggins aren’t truly equipped to deal with all the variables, complexities and stimuli of the modern investment landscape. While it should be simple. Save. Stay liquid. Stay diversified. Stay disciplined. Australian saving rates are back to plumbing 10-year lows. For […]
First published 17 November 2017 for Mancell Financial Group “He can’t figure out why it’s taking so long to reach the amount he wants to retire on.” It was an offhand comment a client made about their friend. Said friend had a specific final superannuation balance in mind they wanted to reach. Upon hitting it, […]
First published 10 November 2017 for Mancell Financial Group Over recent months and weeks, I managed to persuade, cajole and convince my wife to allow me to spend around $35,000.00 of our savings, to invest in XXXX Resources. My wife is very conservative and careful with money, and it is only because of this, that […]
First published 2 November 2017 for Mancell Financial Group Did you ever hear the story about Fidelity’s audit of investment accounts their clients held between 2003 and 2013? The top performing accounts were held by dead people! While the second top performing accounts were held by people who’d forgotten they had an investment account! Unbelievable, […]
First published 26 October 2017 for Mancell Financial Group If you heard a disgruntled groan reverberating around the country on the last day of September you’d be wrong to think it was only Adelaide Crows supporters. It was the last day super funds had to hide certain fees from consumers. And they weren’t happy about […]
First published 21 October 2017 for Mancell Financial Group Fielding questions about investments is part of our job. Quite often they’re predictable – if an investment or asset class is in the news because it’s been going up we’re likely to be asked about it. Frankly, we’d like to hear those questions because it can […]
First published 5 October 2017 for Mancell Financial Group It’s AFL silly season. With the grand final over – congratulations Richmond – the attention has turned to player movements and drafting. It’s at this time of the year when player managers become a more prominent feature. Aided by their mates in the media, it becomes […]
