28/10/2022
The Federal Treasurer, the Hon Dr Jim Chalmers MP, delivered the second Federal Budget of 2022 on 25 October 2022. The Albanese Government did not […]
In the Media
20/09/2022
The concept of opportunity cost might be the most important financial lesson you teach your children
Imagine if you bought shares in a blue-chip share that consistently grew at below-market rates. It wouldn’t matter, would it? Because if the company kept paying […]
28/07/2022
Cognitive biases can cause us to think and act irrationally. Not exactly good news when it comes to making smart financial decisions. When it comes to […]
06/06/2022
How do you get your children interested in securing their financial future? Your children have a massive advantage, time. Time is on their side but, as […]
23/05/2022
Imagine what your investment portfolio would look like today if you started investing when you were in your twenties? After all, when it comes to investing, time […]
29/04/2022
Once your children become adults, it is natural you start having different conversations with them. Where previously you might have discussed their hobbies or favourite bands, […]
07/04/2022
Just because your children are now young adults, does not mean you stop worrying about them. True, they are now old enough to fend for themselves. […]
02/04/2022
On 29 March 2022, the Government handed down the 2022-2023 Federal Budget. Although we know this is a pre-election Budget, the measures announced are very targeted […]
24/02/2022
24/02/2022
In its 2020 Budget Digital Business Plan, the Australian government announced the full implementation of the Modernising Business Registers (MBR) program. The program is designed to […]
17/12/2021
Around this time last year, we made three broad market predictions: The availability of vaccines would see a return to relative normalcy in the second half […]
03/08/2021
Regulating the Technology Sector To the bewilderment of many in the investment community, the Chinese Government appears to be systematically targeting many of their largest and […]
07/06/2021
More than 70% of wealthy families are broke by the second generation, and 90% by the third. There’s a lot of truth in the old saying […]
13/05/2021
The budget position has improved dramatically from the forecasts delivered in October 2020. The deficit for 2020-21 is now expected to be $161 billion, down from […]
10/05/2021
“Generation wealth” is wealth that is passed down from one generation to the next. You may also hear this called family wealth or legacy […]
24/11/2020
There is no need to dwell on how wrong everyone would have been sitting down this time last year trying to predict 2020. With that […]
21/09/2020
Almost all of the time, elections in rich, liberal democracies don’t really matter for markets. Especially over the longer term. Electors choose between a centre […]
19/05/2020
As a change of pace from our recent Covid-19 updates, we think it is worthwhile commenting on the performance of the US technology sector and […]
23/03/2020
Global equities peaked one month ago and have corrected around 30% since that time. That is the fastest 30% correction on record, with market volatility […]
16/03/2020
