All Posts Tagged With: "financial planning"

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Australian Share Market Update, June 24, 2010

What a day, the Mini Movers Van gets called to the Lodge and we get a new PM, oh and by the way, the All Ordinaries Index fell 5.3 points to close 0.1% lower at 4504.1.

24Jun2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Australian Share Market Update, June 23rd, 2010

On a day when we would all have been better served playing golf, the All Ordinaries Index fell 71.9 points to close 1.6% lower at 4509.4.

23Jun2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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House Prices – Are they too high and implications for retirement

I had a meeting with some potential clients yesterday and the discussion turned to their (to me anyway) lack of preparation for retirement.

16Jun2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Cost of Living Increases – the Past decade and the implications for investors

For the past 2 years we have heard how tough all people are finding it in the real world.

11Jun2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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The transfer of wealth between generations….maybe

You’ve probably seen those ads for retirement planning featuring retirees on Harley Davidsons saying “Retirement is payback time” or have seen the stickers on the caravans of the grey nomads that say “I’m spending my children’s inheritance.” Or even better, “Live long enough to be a burden on your children”.
We have probably all laughed at [...]

9Jun2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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House Prices Again – Is it a bubble or not

I overheard two people talking about their land valuations today – we got them in the post yesterday.
One said to the other that he was surprised to see his land had gone down in value over the year.  The other agreed, saying that he had read in the papers forecasts of houses being worth millions [...]

25Mar2010 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
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Perkonomics – funny word, interesting concept

I was having a bit of a web surf the other day and came across “perkonomics1″, described as perks and privileges given by a business to a customer, particularly those little perks that may give a client a bit of status or convenience. 
Some of their examples included Lexus owners in Australia given the opportunity [...]

13Oct2008 | admin | 0 comments | Continued