Author: richie

Everyone remembers Paul Keating's famous remarks about the recession we had to have - not surprising at the time as business borrowing rates were > 20% pa. Now we have the "Deficit We Had To Have". Today Julia Gillard has declared that decisions about the nation's...

Cyprus is a very small part of the Euro & the world. It has a population of < 850,000 (less than 75% of Adelaide’s population), annual GDP output of $18 bn Euros (compared to Adelaide equivalent $54 bn Euros), but it’s financial sector relative to...

So Friday 21st September is the release date for the new IPhone 5, with Apple and all major telcos taking pre-orders last Friday 14th September from 5.00 pm onwards. I have completed my newest entry into the Father Of The Year Award (My previous one...

Every year Warren Buffett – the Sage of Omaha, who is widely regarded as the world’s greatest investor, writes a letter to his Berkshire Hathaway company shareholders explaining his strategy, company performance and plans for the future. The letter gives an insight into the investment...

So Julia Gillard on January 30 has called an election for September 14th, which makes it one of Australia’s longest election campaigns or is it…????. Since the announcement we have already seen: – the arrest & criminal charges laid against Craig Thomson the ICAC scandal engulfing...

So this is the week in Adelaide where everybody dusts off their bike & goes herbing around the neighbourhood as the Tour Down Under hits town. There were plenty of people out on Sunday as the ridelikecrazy.com fun ride (supporting cancer research at the Flinders...