Reading Time: 5 minutes Hey YOU! (Points finger in your direction). “M…me?” YES YOU! Have you ever wondered how the Australian economy is going right now? What our GDP growth rate and headline figures are? WELL?! HAVE YOU??? “N…no…no” Well today’s your day to find out! “Oh…O…OK” The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA aka Oz Central Bank) kindly released an economic snapshot (great info-graphics) of how our Australian economy is tracking right now. Given the negativity recently in the media and pundits stating we are overdue for a recession – it’s a prudent time to see just how we are doing. Courtesy of the RBA: Some solid numbers reported, with…
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Which Financial Level Are You?
Reading Time: 9 minutes Hey guys! How y’all doing? Hope you been enjoying the weekend – plenty of glorious sunshine out there! MrsFrugalSamurai certainly did, for she went out for a hike with friends to the famous Wedding Cake Rock whilst I ran around throwing my weight around on the field (as a referee). During one of our breaks, I sat down to have a chat with a couple of my fellow refs. Soon enough, the conversation gravitated towards our normal day jobs – one was a doctor, another a self-employed jeweler and the youngest of us, still a student. “You guys are all level 99’s!” said the student at the end…
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What Are The 3 Big Financial ‘Mistakes’ That People Make (and the first thing they can do right now to rectify them)…
Reading Time: 5 minutes Today’s post is courtesy of my friend Light Beam AKA “Mike’s friend from Canberra”. Light Beam works and resides in our nation’s capital and is employed in the public sector. But what makes Light Beam different to most public servants is that he works for the government body which sets and implements our economic policy. That’s right – Light Beam pulls the strings for the Treasury department. Suffice to say that Light Beam is a pretty switched on kinda guy and someone who knows a thing or two about finance. Inevitably our conversations end up talking about a financial topic or two whenever I get the…
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How Did These Billionaires Approach Failure?
Reading Time: 4 minutes Everyday all of us deal with failures. Some are big – “OMG I just had a car accident.” Some are small – “WTF why no organic cronuts left.” And some are just downright ridiculous – “My fantasy football captain went down injured in the first minute”. Yet, there are various moments in our life when we have LIFE-defining failures. You know, the ones which brings you to your knees and you try to squeeze out a tear – but even your tear glands shake its head at you. “Yes I would, if I could, I surely would”. Life is hard. It’s not just us mere mortals…
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What’s it Like at a Real Estate Seminar?
Reading Time: 5 minutes Howdy fellow Frugal Samuraites! Hope we all had a cracking weekend – the sun is out and looks like the worst of Winter is passing through FINALLY! It’s beeeeautiful! Did you head outdoors to enjoy the warmth and sunshine? I did… well kinda – I mean, I did head into the city, walked by our very own Darling Harbour… to attend…”cue drum roll” A real estate seminar! The thing with property seminars, for those who have never been – is that usually they try and sell you something there and then. It’s either a “training” course, or an “exclusive” new insight or some other unique and wonderful…
