Albert Einstein apparently responded ‘compound interest’. In a world where we increasingly expect instant responses and short term results (whilst worrying about how our children/grandchildren will get ahead) there are some fundamental investment principles we can absolutely control to increase the probability of building financial security for our future generations. In the last 17 years […]
In looking back at the major news events during 2016 we thought it worthwhile to reflect on how the media affects markets and investor expectations and emotions. US election in November 2016 – leading into the home stretch all reports predicted Hillary was a sure bet, there was no way Trump was going to win. […]
According to IPOS an independent research company who interviewed 2,000 Australians during 2016, success is all about the personal and not the external, about experience rather than materialism and relationships rather than the individual. This challenges the established societal markers of success, supported by the ‘official’ definition – money, power, assets and ‘stuff’ – simply […]