January 2008
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The value of TPD Insurance
When you’re fighting fit and rarely see a doctor it can be hard to imagine ever needing insurance. Watch this true story of David Blakeway, a middle-age professional who suddenly suffered an aneurism. David describes his surgery, time in hospital and how his Total & Permanent Disability (TPD) claim allowed him to ‘put his life [...]
Tax breaks for polluting activities
“Tax breaks for polluting activities should be slashed” according to the Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) in a media release today. What a fascinating evolution of the increased environmental awareness in today’s society. Here are a few more quotes from the media release: “Treasury now estimates that, by 2009-10, we will be spending over $2 billion [...]
Four Lessons from the Market
Morningstar and IFSA (The Investment and Financial Services Association) have combined to publish an interesting article that helps one keep recent volatile markets in perspective. It may not be the first time that you have heard of one or more of the lessons but you may find that the current share market volatility has changed [...]
Volatile markets present a great opportunity
Many media commentators are suggesting that the current volatile Australian sharemarket potentially presents a good opportunity to buy. But I think it actually presents a terrific opportunity to learn. Most likely it is only people with an existing appetite for risk and confidence in their decisions that would be comfortable buying at volatile times like [...]
Australia’s Top 50 Financial Advisers
Released last Friday, the February 2008 edition of The Australian Financial Review Smart Investor magazine announces the 2008 members of the annual Masterclass for Financial Planning. If you are seeking financial advice but unsure how to filter the thousands of financial advisers into ones you can trust to know what they are talking about, then [...]
Educated Investors Aren’t Left Hanging…
Does your head start to spin when you listen to the finance report on the nightly news? Would you like to understand some of the more prominent and important words used in managing your money? And would you like it to be fun? Well, you can do just that. Test your knowledge of the language [...]
Be healthy & wealthy in 2008
Four blokes walk into a bar… One Friday evening in December I met three mates at The Como Hotel for a drink to celebrate the spirit of the festive season. Around us there were many other jovial groups obviously enjoying the season, which is often characterised by eating (and drinking) to excess. Pretty soon we [...]
Are you starting 2008 in peak financial fitness?
Your financial fitness is how well you manage your money on a daily basis. Just like physical fitness helps your health, so does financial fitness help your financial health and weath. Discover your financial fitness by completing our brand new Financial Fitness quiz now. (It’s free and takes about 70 seconds).
Trust pros for financial advice over friends and family, survey suggests
About one in six Brits has received bad financial advice from their friends and family and have suffered financially and emotionally as a result, according to new research from the specialist mortgage provider (Birmingham Midshires)Almost one in five (17%) wasted a lot of time in the process. Just over one in 10 (12%) admitted that [...]
Staff get more legal rights to claim superannuation in company collapses
Reported across several media outlets are the changes to laws giving staff greater ability to claim unpaid superannuation when companies collapse. Here is an excerpt from The Australian (read in full here): Under new laws, which came into effect this week, superannuation will be given the same priority as other debts and will rank equally [...]
Delusion lets smokers breathe easy
MOST Australian smokers are in denial about their habit. A survey by the Cancer Council Victoria reveals that 60 per cent of smokers cling to “self-exempting beliefs” that smoking-related diseases such as heart and lung cancer are caused by air pollution or genetics. Tamara Davis, The Weekend Australian, December 29, 2007 Self-exempting beliefs don’t just [...]
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