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February 28, 2023
Stepping Stone: Navigating the Property Market as a Parent-Child Team
It’s not uncommon for our clients to want to assist their children get into the property market. Particularly in our major capital cities, we all know that prices are at levels that make it very difficult to accumulate an appropriate deposit and be able to service the level of debt required. Usually parental assistance into … Continued
Investment
Property
February 22, 2023
Stock Market Smackdown: ASX200 vs S&P500
The Australian share market has gotten off to a great start this year. Indeed the last 12 months have been fantastic. If you’ve been following along via the gaining choice email you will know that over the last 12 months, investors in the Australian market have gained around 11% inclusive of dividends whilst those investing … Continued
Investment
February 8, 2023
Finding the Balance between Lifestyle and Long-Term Goals
The goal of this podcast and the work we do with many of you one on one in our financial planning relationship, is to help you gain choice in life. This goal implies at its heart that having choice is a good thing, and in the context it’s intended, such as having the choice to … Continued
Investment
January 17, 2023
5 Tips to Set Yourself Up For A Fantastic 2023
The new year has arrived, you’re re-charged, it’s time to release the hand brake and get moving! Welcome back for another episode of the Financial Autonomy podcast, where our goal is to help you gain choice in life – perhaps that’s the choice to cut back to working 3 days per week, maybe it’s making … Continued
Investment
December 21, 2022
Why is record low unemployment a bad thing? What is driving markets right now?
Last week in one of our progress meetings I was asked by a client a very sensible question “why is record low unemployment a bad thing?” His question arose from a news report that was attempting to explain the economic challenges currently faced and the concerns for 2023 and beyond. One of the explanations offered … Continued
Investment
November 22, 2022
What can we learn from past market downturns?
I’m sure you don’t need me to tell you that investment markets around the world have been experiencing challenging times over the past year. Shares, bonds, and property, everything is down and there’s been few places to hide. So this week I wanted to consider what we could learn from past market declines. What can … Continued
Investment
November 16, 2022
How to Manage Sequencing Risk
What is Sequencing Risk? If we’re asked what sort of return should be expected from an investment over the long run the tendency is to rely on the long term average, or perhaps lean on the conservative side and round down a percent or two. The reality however is that from one year to the … Continued
Investment
November 9, 2022
3 Tips to Rapidly Accelerate Your Wealth Creation
Let’s talk about wealth creation. Specifically what can we do to accelerate it, hit the fast forward button. Of course there’s all the standard and perfectly prudent advice that we’ve covered many times before, spend less and save more, chase a new higher paying job, and ensure any surplus cash is invested and working rather … Continued
Investment
Property
Superannuation
October 23, 2022
What are franking credits and how do they work?
So what are franking credits? You might also see them referred to as imputation credits. These are the same thing. These credits represent tax that has been paid on your investment. They relate only to Australian shares, and then only to the portion of profits that those Australian companies have generated within Australia and paid … Continued
Investment
September 27, 2022
18 ways to Build Passive Income that work in Australia
I’ve been researching all the ways one might go about generating Passive Income. Unfortunately, many of those found on the web won’t work in Australia. So I’ve produced a custom list especially for those of us on the largest island in the Southern Hemisphere. Here’s what I’ve come up with: 1. Low input business 2. … Continued
Investment
Property
Saving Strategy
Self-Employment & Side Hustles
September 21, 2022
Holding Your Nerve When Markets Are Down
This post was inspired by a call I had with one of our clients, Nicola, yesterday, who was sweltering up in Darwin. So a shout out to you Nicola, thanks for the inspiration. If you’re feeling a little unnerved at the moment about your investments, you’re not alone. Shares, property, and bonds have all seen … Continued
Investment
September 21, 2022
Strategies and Opportunities in a Rising Interest Rate World
We knew the super low interest rates of last year weren’t going to be here forever, but the speed with which they are snapping back has been surprising. So in this weeks episode I wanted to canvas some of the issues I’m talking with clients about right now when it comes to the impact of … Continued
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