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 […]
First published 28 September 2017 for Mancell Financial Group If you’re an Oasis fan you’ll know who Liam Gallagher is. If not, at one stage Liam and his brother Noel fronted one of the biggest bands on the planet – Oasis. Due to creative differences (regular punch ups), Oasis broke up in 2009 with the […]
First published 8 September 2017 for Mancell Financial Group If you’ve ever seen the classic film Deliverance you’ll know it’s the ultimate insurance advertisement. The character of Lewis, played by Burt Reynolds, begins the film proudly declaring, “I never been insured in my life. I don’t believe in insurance. There’s no risk.” Movie fate ensures […]
First published 1 September 2017 for Mancell Financial Group In case you needed a reminder – the sharemarket does go down. It’s worth remembering this in a year which has so far been something of a rarity. Earlier in the year we highlighted the media and their incessant hectoring about an imminent correction. With nothing […]
First published 25 August 2017 for Mancell Financial Group Recent insurance scandals with insurers showing a belligerent attitude to paying claims may have left some of us forgetting that insurers actually do pay claims. You wouldn’t think so, given some of the media coverage, but Australian life insurers pay out a significant amount in claims […]
