Reading Time: 3 Minutes Happy New Year everyone and WELCOME BACK! Hands up if you’re very excited for what 2021 will bring? Haha, I exited 2020 with a whimper, with a (lonely) jog in the park on NYE followed by watching “Tenet” (confusing) with MrsFrugalSamurai, and get this… going to SLEEP before midnight (exhausting), thereby missing out on the fireworks (disappointing) and also ringing in the New Year with MrsFrugalSamurai (chastising). D’oh! Getting old in my years. Anyhow, as much as I love to look ahead, it’s also important to look back on the previous year because well… 2020 had it’s moments didn’t it? So in no particular order, I…
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The Frugal Samurai Interview Series – Kate Campbell from How To Money
Reading Time: 3 Minutes Hey all, It’s gonna be another profile interview today… this week we have Miss Kate Campbell from How To Money. Kate runs her own podcast (awesome!) helping young Australians learn about money… and she’s only 22 years old! Gosh, they start young don’t they? Good on ya Kate! We need more people bringing money awareness to Aussies, young and old – can only be a good thing! Kate from How To Money Let’s do it! Hey Kate! How old are you? 22 (and just getting started)! What area of the country do you live in? Melbourne, Victoria Editor’s note: hope things are going well over there.…
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Excerpt from The Complete Aussie FIRE e-book (Fuel for the FIRE – Leverage)
Reading Time: 7 Minutes What’s up everyone! Today, I thought I would share a chapter I wrote in the Complete Aussie FIRE e-book guide recently with 20 of the best and brightest in the Australian FIRE community! Reminder that you can grab your free copy (courtesy of Pearler), right here! Excerpt: Chapter 19: Fuel for the FIRE – Leverage Introduction Ah, debt and leverage. Those two words resonate with us all in different ways. Some people embrace and welcome them with open arms. Others cannot run away fast enough. When applied correctly, leverage is the strategic tool that expands our resources beyond our capital limitations to produce greater results than…
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Complete Guide To Dividend Reinvestment Plans
Reading Time: 3 Minutes Howdy all! Whoa, freezing me proverbials off here in Old Sydney Town at the moment, hope you guys are staying warm! I’m looking forward to next week, as it’s a well-deserved week off work to have some much needed R’n’R. When did life become so stressFUL these days, geebers. Mind you, would have liked to travel somewhere, say the Bahamas… but with COVID raging on, of course that’s not possible. I was actually searching where to go during my week off when an email notification popped-up about a dividend reinvestment plan approaching for one of my shares in the portfolio. What is a dividend reinvestment plan?…
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State of the States – How Each State Is Performing
Reading Time: 2 Minutes Hello everyone! Hope we are all keeping well during these trying times. We just heard this evening that Victoria will go into stage 4 lockdowns this week. These tough new restrictions will be an enhanced form of social distancing, and expected to last for at least the next 6 weeks. It involves 8pm curfews, closure of non-essential businesses and school students going back to home learning. “Gulp” Godspeed our Victorian cousins. Closer to home, all I have to say is: NEW SOUTH WALES ARE WE WATCHING? Why the state government is still taking a reactive approach… is beyond comprehension. Why not lock us down so we can get…
