“Nothing is worth doing unless the consequences may be serious.” ~ George Bernard Shaw Financial advice is less about financial products and more about consequences, particularly significant consequences. Obviously, not all decisions have significant...
Financial Relationships are the third of four essential balancing acts of a comprehensive financial adviser. Joe was clear what retirement looked like. So was his partner Silvia. The pressing issue to resolve was the universe of differences between their hopes. He...
The impact of the 2020 coronavirus is immeasurable. What is measurable however is the impact of New Zealand’s Jacinda Ardern’s leadership overseeing her country’s response to the virus. Significantly too is the comparative measure of her country’s response compared to...
When’s the last time you paid a fair & reasonable price for something? This morning’s coffee? When you last filled your car? Your last holiday? Your special person’s Christmas present? Your donation to a bushfire cause? We make fair & reasonable decisions all...
“At the end of the day, average people are going to be the ones; they are going to have to pay for all of this. Because they always, always do” ~ Mark Baum, played by Steve Carell in THE BIG SHORT. We still don’t get it. Did you see or read The Big Short? Great...
I love flying. Always getting distracted by overhead planes, I’m regularly tuning into flight radar to check out stuff. Obtained my fixed and rotary wing license thirty years ago and would have the world aeronautical charts up on my walls if the family let me. The...