Reading Time: 5 Minutes “An old man looks across the table to a middle-aged man… the old man is clearly unimpressed, but the middle-aged man ignores him and grins for the cameras… knowing full well this will make the 6 o’clock news.” What a week it’s been right! Because late on Monday afternoon, we had the results for the Banking Royal Commission. The final report had the legs to be the biggest shake-up of the Australian financial services industry. EVER. So much so that… Whoa, back it up a bit TheFrugalSamurai… what are you referring to? Oh… sorry guys – got ahead of myself there! For our international friends who…
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Cheque, Savings or Credit?
Reading Time: 3 Minutes “Honey, we’re out of milk and bread”. Damnit I think, as I pick up the keys to head over to the shops. Hmm bread, bread… ah ha – gotcha. Now for some milk… oh look there’s thin-cut potato wedges on sale… Half an hour later, what was initially a two item shopping list turned into a trolley FULL of groceries which we don’t even need (c’mon Babe, those rubber gloves were on sale). As I approached the counter to pay with my card, the young lady asked: “Cheque, Savings or Credit?” Now, like you – I must have heard this hundreds if not thousands of times…
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Top Three Stocks for a Bear Market (From a GUEST WRITER!)
Reading Time: 5 Minutes What’s up guys! How’s your week going, year end is fast approaching GO GO GO! Haha, feels a bit like that doesn’t it? Something a bit different in today’s post – we have a guest blogger to wrap up the final part of our Bear Market Series (read the previous ones here, here, here and here). It’s Tom from www.investmentbasecamp.com Tom writes about investing, personal finance and building your retirement portfolio. He’s not sure why, but people seem to think he makes sense when he talks about investing and personal finance (haha, good one Tom!) His Quora answers in finance and investing received over 180,000 views in…
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The One That Got Away – A Missed Property Which Would Have Shaved YEARS Off The (FIRE) Dream (Part 1)
Reading Time: 4 Minutes “Argh!” Yells the frustrated young man in front of his laptop screen, a painful wince crosses his facial features. “What’s wrong?” His wise yet still sexually attractive wife calls out, hurrying over. “It’s SOLD already #*@(%&#”, he shouts – slamming his fist down. “Oh… don’t worry, there’s always another one”, she responds… glad her husband is just over-reacting again. He’s just a boy at heart, still throwing those kiddie tantrums – she tells herself, before resuming the latest Korean drama series on Netflix. Her husband continues to yell and curse in the background. ~~~ Sigh. Hi guys – that was the little conversation MrsFrugalSamurai and I…
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What to do in a Bear Market (Part 4)
Reading Time: 4 Minutes What’s up guys! How’s everyone’s week been! December is here, can you believe it?! I know I can’t, was only just remarking to MrsFrugalSamurai that I don’t feel like I achieved anything at all this year. Then she not-so-subtlely reminded yours truly that we did GET MARRIED this year. Oh yeah…that. “It’s what happens when I’m with you babe, time just flies”, is what I was obviously thinking but didn’t quite say out loud. Hindsight eh? Which brings me to the topic of today’s post, Step 5 of a continuation on my friend’s Light Beam question: “How to survive a bear market” BTW have a read…
