Paying for financial advice is like paying for electricity. Really? Yes, according to Alan Kohler, Editor-In-Chief at InvestSmart.com.au. Alan knows a thing or two about investing. His web page offers lots of investment options with a who’s who of experienced people...
“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...
“When you’re up to your armpits in alligators, it’s difficult to remember that the original objective was to drain the swamp.” The Hayne report was an anti-climax. When our Treasurer announced the report with “From today, the banking sector must...
I’ve always left a case of beer out for our garbos each Christmas. However, this year they were not able to accept it. It’s ‘not part of council’s new code of conduct’. Really? I value the job done by our garbos in the early hours every Tuesday morning. Value was...
Maybe there is a beast…maybe it’s only us.” ~ Lord of the Flies – William Golding What happens when genuine people are caught in a disingenuous place? What did the people working on Manus Island caring for Australia’s unwanted refugees best do about their...
What’s really at stake post Justice Hayne’s Royal Commission? It’s bigger than the gob-smacking headlines such as CBA telling it’s board one thing and ASIC another, even the new Chair of CBA considering the Hayne royal commission a threat to stability, or the poor...
