First published 16 February 2016 for Mancell Financial Group The downside (and benefit) of investments measured in real time means there are ever-present signals that generate real time reactions and real time emotions. When markets are moving upward the signals are positive and investors exhibit a sense of ambivalence because that’s what they invested for, […]
First published 10 December 2015 for Mancell Financial Group When a share market has a poor year diversified investors generally have their pain quarantined for various reasons. Investors holding share funds aren’t likely to have their holdings limited to one share market. They’re also not likely to be holding only share based investments. Any portfolio […]
First published 3 December 2015 for Mancell Financial Group If there’s one constant about interest rates, it’s no matter where they sit someone will inevitably be grumbling about them. There’s always a belief from some people that they’re entitled to money at a cheaper rate or that they should be compensated better for having money […]
First published 27 November 2015 for Mancell Financial Group If you’re looking for a really valuable present for anyone in their 20’s this Christmas you couldn’t go wrong by handing them $50 and explaining the simple dynamics of time and compounding contributions when it comes to planning for the future. Explain that $50 can be […]
First published 20 November 2015 for Mancell Financial Group When it comes to the share market the media has a notoriously short term focus. And because few investors compile their own stats on share market returns, the media ultimately becomes our share market news filter. Each day they tell us what the market has done […]
First published 30 October 2015 for Mancell Financial Group You can save for a lot of things, but saving your way to prosperous retirement is near impossible. Historically (and this isn’t expected to change any time soon) unless you’re enjoying a truly significant wage and saving a massive amount of it, the conspiring elements of […]
First published 18 September 2015 for Mancell Financial Group The world’s biggest interest rate decision in a long time, the US interest rate decision for September, came and went and without much action. If you’re wondering why it was the biggest interest rate decision, it’s because the world’s largest economy (or second largest, depending on who […]
First published 14 August 2015 for Mancell Financial Group With much of Australia shivering through its coldest winter in decades, a freeze is also being felt by thousands of everyday investors whose funds have been locked up in a troubled mortgage fund. Angas Securities has frozen redemptions from its $200million mortgage debenture fund until at […]
First published 2 July 2015 for Mancell Financial Group Greece and its debt obligations (and default) are back on the agenda in a big way and that means a whole host of experts are filling media air time and column space with what they think will happen next. They don’t know, but they’ll happily tell […]
First published 6 November 2015 for Mancell Financial Group Just some news to keep you all on your toes. Insurance Premiums on the Rise A client, who maintains an additional industry superannuation account, recently received a rude shock upon noticing a significant increase in insurance premiums being deducted from their industry account. Checking with their […]
