We all know saving money for the future is a good idea but saving is just the first step towards future financial planning. Investing to grow your savings or indeed to create savings for the future is the ideal method to achieve future financial prosperity. Here are our top six reasons to invest:
30 Years on from the 1987 share market crash – What lessons can we learn?
Friday 20th October 2017, was the 30-year anniversary of the 1987 share market crash when the Australian share market fell 25% in a single day.Continue reading
Has Passive Investing Won The Active Versus Passive Debate?
“Most people get interested in stocks when everyone else is. The time to get interested is when no one else is. You can’t buy what is popular and do well.”
Warren BuffettContinue reading
Australia’s Ageing Population and Financial Advice
By 2055 the number of Australians over 65 is expected to double.
Coupled with longer life expectancy, this raises important issues for the community and economy, including the provision of financial services for older Australians.
Behavioural Investing
Over my 25 years of providing investment advice I’ve found it fascinating observing the psychology of investors. Why do people invest their savings in the first place and why do people make particular investment decisions?Continue reading
What is Value Investing?
Value investing is an investment strategy where shares are selected for purchase that trade for less than their calculated or intrinsic value.
To value invest an investor needs to understand thoroughly the share or business they are investing in, to arrive at a calculated or (intrinsic) value and then buy the shares at LESS than what they calculate as their intrinsic value.Continue reading