“My Mama always said, ‘Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.'” David Cameron may have well thought that he was Forrest Gump reincarnated. In a bid to stave off parts of his own party from defecting he pushed as...
The Good The Bad & The Ugly When Johnny Howard came into power in 1996 he said “Read My Lips – No New Taxes”. He then promptly introduced what was called a Superannuation Surcharge intended to hit high income earners on their superannuation contributions made (as...
Some Things Never Change I really dis-like having to write in times like these, but I feel the need to say something, even to try in my own little way to put it into some form of context. Unfortunately we have seen terrorism raise its ugly head...
The wonderful thing when share prices go down is that media is full of all sorts of superlatives “ASX Smashed in 40 Billion Rout”, “Global Banking Fear Strikes Big 4”, “Flood Of Cheap Money Spooks Investors” & “Bank Shares Hammered” are some of the headlines...
I Can't Give Everything Away As you all know by now David Bowie one of the 20th Century's Popular Music Icons passed away last week. One of my earliest memories of Bowie was one of my first "investments" in music where at a school fete I paid...
"Dear God, you made many, many poor people. I realize, of course, that it's no shame to be poor. But it's no great honour either! So, what would have been so terrible if I had a small fortune?" Lyrics - If I Were A Rich Man – Fiddler On...