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 […]
First published 9 December 2016 for Mancell Financial Group You may have heard of a company called Bellamy’s Organic. It was the darling of the ASX last year as the Chinese took a liking to its organic baby formula. Tins of the Tasmanian company’s formula were flying off the shelves in Australia as it was […]
First published 2 December 2016 for Mancell Financial Group Our files say they wandered into our offices looking for retirement guidance nearly 17 years ago. Records say their current portfolio began with a rollover in 2002. They’re now veterans of investing and an example of not listening to the weenies who tell you to time […]
First published 24 November 2016 for Mancell Financial Group November 4 2016, four days BD (Before Donald). The ASX had wormed its way down to 5263 and the Dow Jones was at 17,888. Market timers had driven both indices down, selling their own assets and their clients’, so they could sit in cash and safely ride […]
First published 10 November 2016 for Mancell Financial Group Well here we are again. After the Brexit vote earlier in the year we’ve again witnessed a public vote having a real-time impact on financial markets. The US voting to elect Donald Trump as President. Markets spent the last week before the election reacting to polling […]
First published 3 November 2016 for Mancell Financial Group Part of being a financial advisory business involves jobs clients want to delegate or don’t want to do. Modelling financial outcomes, monitoring government legislation, compiling decades of data to formulate an investment philosophy – most recently it was reviewing ASIC’s 120-page report into Australia’s life insurance […]
First published 29 October 2016 for Mancell Financial Group You may remember earlier in the year we cautioned about Nant’s whisky buyback scheme, where investors would put down $25,000 so Nant could hold 2 barrels of whisky in their name to mature. After four years Nant would buy back the whisky for $36,007 – a […]
First published 5 October 2016 for Mancell Financial Group We’re a month away from the US Presidential election and while that might bring sighs of relief, it may also prompt feelings of trepidation. Never before have we seen a more loathed pair of characters running for the presidency than in 2016. How detested are these […]
