Is Your Financial Future Due For A Service?

What did you get up to over the long weekend? For many, it’s a nice chance to have a short mid-year break, catch up with friends and family, and just enjoy one extra day off! Things like footy, work, family life, plans for the rest of the year, maybe even politics, would have been talked […]

As the old saying goes, “Life is what you make it”. And that is certainly true when it comes to money. I want you to take 5 minutes right now to think about what you want the rest of your life to look like… What would you like to achieve in the next 12 months? […]

I often have people come to see me who have a goal of saving or investing money for their kids. The reasons vary… sometimes it’s with a view to paying for their education, in other cases, it’s with a goal of helping kids buy a house in the future. Or it may just be to […]

I love teaching people how to make the most of the money they work hard for! Most of them are just like you… they’re on average incomes, they’re not looking to become multi-millionaires, they’re not looking for fame and fortune — they want financial security for themselves and their family and they want someone to […]

None of my beautiful children have yet hit the teenage years, but I still remember being a teenager myself. It’s an awkward phase of life where you think you know about the world and it’s only when you’re older that you realise how little you knew at the time. Many grown adults are in a […]

For most of us, Easter is a time to have a break and hit the pause button after getting the first stage of the year out of the way. For many, it’s a chance to have a holiday, particularly this year when there’s the opportunity for a 10-day break using only three days of annual […]

In almost two decades of working in financial services, I’ve come to find there are common money mistakes that too many people make. I’m sharing them with you in the hope that you can avoid as many of them as possible! 1.  No Set Goals You are going to work for a certain number of […]

Last week I talked about the free lunch available to everyone when it comes to investing. This week I want to talk to you about the best friend you will ever find when it comes to investing. First name: Compound. Second name: Interest. Albert Einstein once described Compound Interest as ‘the most powerful force in […]

“Will my money run out?” – It’s the question that keeps retirees and pre-retirees awake at night! Money is the number one cause of stress and for many that stress is magnified once they stop working. That’s because once someone retires, it’s highly unlikely they will ever go back to work and therefore what they […]

There’s a very traditional way that people plan their financial futures in Australia… they don’t! Our knockabout culture has meant that for generations people have relied on the “She’ll be right mate” attitude to guide them through the stages of their financial lives. That is, right up until the time they realise they are not […]