Why Advice

First published 26 May 2017 for Mancell Financial Group Ever met an intelligent person who could make a mess of various simple tasks? Maybe someone who was incredibly smart, but equally incredibly gullible? It shouldn’t be a surprise, it’s natural that intelligence, awareness or knowledge in one area doesn’t automatically translate to another. The reality is we all […]

First published 12 May 2017 for Mancell Financial Group Read any good stock tips on the internet lately? If you listen to our advice, hopefully not! We’ve long pointed out the dangers of buying individual companies because of a lack of diversification and heightened risk, among other reasons. Now there’s another confirmed danger for anyone […]

First published 29 April 2017 for Mancell Financial Group Midway through the quarter Warren Buffett released Berkshire Hathaway’s annual letter to shareholders. Most notable was Buffett highlighting his now million-dollar charitable bet with an asset manager that no investment pro could select at least five hedge funds to keep pace with an S&P 500 index […]

First published 7 April 2017 for Mancell Financial Group Good news came last week in the form of another miracle anti-aging cure. Sadly, the buzz kills at ABC’s Media Watch were quickly on the case. Reminding us it was just another “years away, only tested on mice, not yet even applicable to humans” story that […]

First published 31 March 2017 for Mancell Financial Group Feeling a little too comfortable? Without a correction, the tired media headline of “X billions wiped off the sharemarket today” has been on hiatus so far this year. In its absence, there has been continued pontification about the overvaluation of shares, hinting about our closeness to […]

First published 9 March 2017 for Mancell Financial Group It’s whisky time again and for some investors across Australia the taste of this story is going to burn. Previously we’ve noted the issues investors have had with Nant Whisky and the follow up endeavour, Nant Angus. The lure was a 9.55% pa return “guaranteed” which […]

First published 2 March 2017 for Mancell Financial Group With disgruntled looks on their faces they were herded into a small conference room where the free coffee and tea was a small consolation for months of agitation. Not an ideal Tuesday afternoon in late February. At the end of the meeting they dispersed. Some talked […]

First published 24 February 2017 for Mancell Financial Group In the ongoing talkfest over housing affordability it’s clear the only affordability solutions ever given serious consideration by any government are the ones likely to push up house prices. These solutions either give more money to first home buyers or increase the amount of debt they […]

First published 2 February 2017 for Mancell Financial Group 20 years ago, many investors in Canada thought they’d struck it rich by investing in a company called Bre-X. Company estimates suggested it had potentially found 70 to 200 million ounces of gold at its Busang claim in Indonesia. Making it one of the largest gold […]

First published 22 December 2016 for Mancell Financial Group There’s been a lot of talk about fake news since the election of Donald Trump. According to some on the losing side and in the media, who found themselves often unable to reach voters, rogue groups were all over the internet creating fake news sites and […]