First published 22 August 2019 for Mancell Financial Group A ‘3% plunge on the Dow Jones Index’ is ‘sparking fear that the US is on the verge of another recession as ‘more than than 60 billion of wealth was burnt’ on the Australian sharemarket. One analyst said there was ‘a plausible scenario in which the […]
First published 15 August 2019 for Mancell Financial Group Any successful career will at one point see a peak and then a decline. If we take authors as an example, Truman Capote hit his peak with the release of In Cold Blood, but never finished another novel, descending into alcoholism and drug addiction. Capote’s good […]
First published 8 August 2019 for Mancell Financial Group Last week we looked at the potential for age related cognitive decline. It’s no great secret that as we age our bodies begin to go into some form of decline, it can’t be disputed because the evidence is visible. Mental decline isn’t visible, no one knows […]
First published 1 August 2019 for Mancell Financial Group If you have even a passing interest in films, you’ll probably know the names Robert De Niro and Al Pacino. Both have been mainstays of the film business since the early 1970’s, with the pair acclaimed and awarded for their performances dating back to that decade. […]
First published 12 July 2019 for Mancell Financial Group Over the weekend, the Australian Financial Review profiled one of the victims (story behind paywall) of the alleged Goldsky ponzi scheme, along with ASIC’s apparent lack of action in shutting Goldsky down before too many unsuspecting investors were drawn in. We briefly wrote about Goldsky last […]
First published 5 July 2019 for Mancell Financial Group Australia appears to be stuck in an economic malaise. Household debt has never been higher, wage growth is stagnant, gross domestic product per capita (everyone’s share of the economic pie) has been shrinking. And this was with interest rates already at record lows. Solution? Cut interest […]
First published 27 June 2019 for Mancell Financial Group Heard of Warren Buffett? You probably have. You might not really know much about him, but that’s ok. World’s most famous investor. World’s greatest investor. Take your pick. He’s reasonably well known and has been reasonably successful, to put it mildly. When Warren speaks, people listen. […]
First published 21 March 2019 for Mancell Financial Group One of the more disturbing aspects of the ongoing franking credits debate have been the reports of health troubles being suffered by affected retirees. As noted by The Australian when reporting on a franking credits hearing: Several speakers referred to the personal impact of the policy. […]
First published 20 June 2019 for Mancell Financial Group We’ve long made a point of saying the day to day movements of the markets are irrelevant to investment fortunes. It’s the time spent in the market that counts, not trying to second guess entries and exit points along the way. Doing so is impossible and […]
First published 6 June 2019 for Mancell Financial Group Neil Woodford has a neck thick like a rugby player and a head shaped like it was chiselled out of granite, it could be mounted somewhere on Easter Island. Imposing is an appropriate word to describe his appearance. Woodford is a man screaming conviction. Charlie Aitken […]
