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Should you lend money to family?
What you should consider before handing over your hard earned savings You're probably fairly used to helping your family out with a little extra cash here and there. Whether it's pocket money for doing chores, or money to pay phone bills, go see a movie or buy...
Money Mistakes People Make in their 50’s and 60’s
Avoid these common money traps to make sure you have enough put aside for a comfortable retirement. When you’re in your 50s and 60s, you know you’ve worked long and hard for what you’ve achieved in life and probably have a fair idea of how you want live in your future...
The Australian economy bounces back – five reasons why some further pick up is likely
Key points Australian growth bounced back in the June quarter helped by consumer spending, investment and trade. There is good reason to expect growth to pick up further going forward: the drag from mining investment is fading, non-mining investment is looking better,...
Australians Feel Advice only for Wealthy
People think they are not in a financial position to get advice, so they don’t which means they miss opportunities. In the video Adam discusses this issue as reported in Money Management recently. Your financial starting point is not as important as getting some help...
The Global Financial Crisis 10 years on- Lessons learned and can it happen again?
Key points The key lessons for investors from the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) are that: high returns come with higher risk; while each boom bust cycle is different, markets are pushed to extremes of valuation and sentiment; be sceptical of financial engineering or...
How can you help a graduate?
I have been asked what advice I would give a recent graduate, and the more I thought about it the more I realized the advice is basically the same as the advice to an experienced professional. The benefit to a graduate is that if you implement these ideas, and...
RBA’s interest rate call marks new frontier
The Reserve Bank of Australia’s recent call that neutral interest rates could be about two percentage points above current record lows, marks a line in the sand that borrowers should prepare for, according to discussions at a recent AMP Capital Insights forum. “I...
Myth – Financial Advisers just sell product
Hi, I’m Adam from Massey Financial Advice and I’m here to tell you that is no longer true. In the past, sure, most financial advisers were tied to an institution such as a bank, an insurance company, an investment manager or a superannuation fund and basically, the...
Research into financial advice
I have recently been completing some research into the perception of financial advice and would like to provide a summary of the results. Here are the main themes from what people said: Financial advisers just sell products How do I know I can trust the advice? Being...
Welcome to Massey Financial Advice: How we can help you.
In this video we explain how Massey Financial Advice can help you, the process we use and a little bit about Adam Massey, Director and Financial Adviser. If you have any questions, please contact us, or if you would like to see how this might apply to your situation,...