First published 27 September 2018 for Mancell Financial Group Right now, there’s a rush on. It’s all about removing your hands from the steering wheel of your car. Maybe removing the steering wheel completely and letting the car do the work. Driving to work, to your holiday destination, visiting family a few hours away or […]
First published 20 September 2018 for Mancell Financial Group The FIRE phenomenon has recently resurfaced in the media. We’ve discussed it before, but FIRE stands for financial independence/retire early. The concept seems to spin the heads of those in the media and 90% of readers who respond in the comment sections below articles. For the […]
First published 14 September 2018 for Mancell Financial Group It’s been a few weeks of recollection. A decade on since the anniversary of Lehman Brothers collapsing and one of the touchstone moments of the ordeal is being not so fondly remembered. No one really knew if it was the beginning of the end, an ongoing […]
First published 7 September 2018 for Mancell Financial Group What’s the most contentious thing you can think of? Likely it’s something to do with politics. It manages to infect and infiltrate various areas of areas of life, and when people become obsessed with politics, it can begin to play into their decision making. You could […]
First published 30 August 2018 for Mancell Financial Group Look around today and you’ll find an asset manager or fund catering to pretty much any area of the financial world you can think of. One of the bigger ones in the resources corner is Sprott Resource Holdings and one of the best-known names at the […]
First published 16 August 2018 for Mancell Financial Group Last month we noted a case of comparison gone wrong within Australia’s largest superfund, Australian super. An advocate of active investing had lined up the performance of Australian Super’s actively managed balanced fund and compared it to Australian Super’s lower cost indexed diversified fund to make […]
First published 9 August 2018 for Mancell Financial Group If you’re a fan of confusion and violence and have a spare four hours up your sleeve one day, you may want to sit down to watch a game of American football. For an Australian it might be somewhat of an acquired taste, but the NFL […]
First published 2 August 2018 for Mancell Financial Group No doubt you’ve heard the news. Two of Australia’s oldest media companies are merging. Nine and Fairfax have decided for the sake of their futures to combine, or as some have said Nine will be swallowing Fairfax. There are implications for the media in Australia and […]
First published 26 Jul 2018 for Mancell Financial Group “But I want it, I want it, I need it!” Paul had gone to visit his sister and his nephew. He’d walked into a financial battle between Mother and 11-year-old son over the game Fortnite. You might say she had a fiduciary duty to the young […]
First published 19 Jul 2018 for Mancell Financial Group Maybe you’ve heard of Bill Gross. He’s a well-known investor and fund manager who founded investment manager PIMCO. Worth a few billion. Done very well for himself. Gross left PIMCO in 2014 and moved to Janus Henderson Group. Last week the news came out that Gross’s […]
