Feature Article #1

The Australian Share market, one year on

This week sees a year since the share market lows of the Global Financial Crisis were reached.

admin | March 11th, 2010 | Continued

Feature Article #2

Fees versus Commission

This is an update to a blog posted nearly 2 years ago and the issue is still being discussed, but in relation to finding a Financial Planner what does and should matter to you, the client?

admin | March 8th, 2010 | Continued

Feature Article #3

Is your weight fattening your premiums?

Did you know a third of our population is on a diet and another third of our population is trying to maintain their weight at any one time! [i]
Australians are spending bucketloads of money in an effort to lose weight.  We all know the benefits of slimming and keeping active.  But losing weight won’t just [...]

admin | September 23rd, 2008 | Continued

Feature Article #4

Teenagers managing money

Remember the days when you knocked on the neighbours’ doors after school offering to wash the car or do the babysitting for a few bucks in the pocket.  Those days are long gone with many teenagers today juggling formal part time work alongside their education.  A recent survey noted that

admin | September 8th, 2008 | Continued

Feature Article #5

Drug advances save lives but who pays when you can’t?

I was honoured to recently attend Griffith University’s graduation ceremony, which I found to be an impressive example of good planning and organisation.   Also impressive was the speech of the national president of the Pharmacy Guild of Australia, Kos Sclavo, who was awarded an honorary Doctor of the University in recognition of his contribution to [...]

admin | August 7th, 2008 | Continued

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The All Ordinaries Index ended the day 4.3 points lower to close at 4825.5.

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If you died, would your insurance company pay out your life insurance policy?

 

Recent research by ING(1) revealed many people are reluctant to take out life insurance cover because of a belief that insurance companies will not pay out a life policy upon the policy holder’s death. 

 

Unfortunately it is a common perception by many that life insurance companies are in the business of avoiding payment of claims.  The reality in fact is very different but before I explain,

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One person’s trash is another person’s treasure

Despite the best efforts of world leaders, stock markets continue to roller coaster and at the moment there seems to be more downhill runs than uphill climbs.    Recently we saw a massive sell off in global share markets, the likes of which we have not seen since 1987.

 

Without being alarmist, it has not been fun ride for those who have chosen to stick it out in the share market.  For many, shares are now just trash to be offloaded

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