Upfront, this post is for entertainment purposes only. I am a buffoon and nothing I mention here should be relied on for making any investment decision. It is backward looking, not feasible, and offers no indication of how any of these funds will perform in the future. I hold positions in every fund mentioned or […]
If all humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone, then all of our retirement funding problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly and not fiddle with his investment portfolio. Rainmaker put some “research” out, which amounted to gathering superfund returns for 12 months along with asset class returns, […]
This was pretty cool. Your Investment Philosophy was mentioned on the Rational Reminder podcast. I watch their podcast on and off, usually depending on the guests. I like it because it kind of reminds me of old school public radio where you have relaxed and well informed hosts who are hosting long shows and having […]
Early last month myself and my co-author Peter Mancell pressed publish at Amazon for our new book, Your Investment Philosophy: A guide to managing wealth and protecting it from fraudsters, marketers and doom merchants. It was relatively uneventful, mainly because our primary audience was our own client base who we intended to give the book […]
Month 27 of the discipline project and September 2022 was a pretty ruthless one. I’ve been in the habit of sending money to my investment account almost at the start of the month. The contribution was 1x and allocated to global small companies. After the Fed did their thing we had a bit of a […]
You may know the names Vanguard, Blackrock, and State Street. All are global investment managers who have done a lot to champion low-cost access to investing for retail investors. Due to their scale and focus on index tracking funds, they have a stake in the great majority of listed companies, and they own a decent […]
One of the more lamentable developments in business, particularly in the financial space, is the growth of content. Something I’ve described elsewhere as: An uncharitable, but probably accurate assessment of content, is being little more than the end of a massive sewer pipe with unrelenting flows that cannot be controlled or curbed. An overwhelming number […]
Month 26 was two buys. One at 1x contribution level which went to global value and one at 0.5x contribution level which went to Australian High Yield shares. My memory must be failing me because I don’t recall the high yield purchase, I assume it was cash built up in the account so I deployed […]
Click to listen to story. First published at Mancell Financial Group 18 August, 2022 This year’s US Open will be Serena Williams’ farewell from the game of tennis. A recent article in Vogue by Williams explained her thinking behind the decision. She wasn’t retiring as much as evolving to something else, she explained. She wanted […]
Month 25 was a 1.5x contribution and it went into a new fund or index (as I’m not mentioning products). It was dropped into the S&P/ASX 300 A-REIT Index, something I’d avoided up until now. I’d never seen any compelling reason to add Australian property earlier, especially as I was starting from zero dollars on […]
