by Adam Massey | Sep 8, 2023 | Financial goals, Financial Tips, Investing, Massey Market Updates, Retirement, Superannuation |
This issue of Wealth Adviser includes: It’s dismal: good news is bad news … and vice versa. Bad news like rising unemployment, the likelihood of interest rate increases can lead to a rising sharemarket. The economy calls for job losses, but the politics...
by Adam Massey | Aug 25, 2023 | Financial Advice, Financial goals, Financial Tips, Investing, Massey Market Updates, Retirement, Superannuation |
This issue of Wealth Adviser includes: What to consider when paying for a nursing home. Choosing how to pay for nursing home accommodation can be challenging and affect income, wealth, means-tested aged care fee, and bequests. Oliver’s Insights – ...
by Adam Massey | Aug 4, 2023 | Financial Advice, Financial goals, Financial Tips, Investing, Retirement, Superannuation |
This issue of Wealth Adviser includes: Howards Marks rejects forecasts in favour of psychology. Two lessons from Marks 50 year investing career are “We pretty much only learn from our failures, we don’t learn much from our successes, and...
by Adam Massey | Jul 24, 2023 | Financial Advice, Financial goals, Financial Tips, Insurance, Investing, Retirement, Superannuation |
This issue of Wealth Adviser includes: 15 common sense tips to help manage your finance AI: The only thing certain is that nothing is certain. Debt is great, up to a point. It helps you have today what you would otherwise have to wait until tomorrow for. It enables...
by Adam Massey | May 13, 2022 | Financial Advice, Financial Adviser, Financial Tips, Investing, Massey Market Updates, Retirement
To invest successfully typically requires some discipline, and if it’s not your day job, the ability to leave things to the experts. Five keys to investing are: Invest for the long term – if you can time the market you might get a better return, but...
by Adam Massey | Apr 7, 2021 | Cashflow, Financial Advice, Financial goals, Financial Tips, Investing, Retirement, Superannuation
The Summer issue of infocus includes: Retirees cash flow droughts. While lower interest rates are generally good news for borrowers, they can cause issues for retirees and others who rely on interest payments. Strategies to rebuild super after early access. If you...
by Adam Massey | Mar 15, 2021 | Financial Advice, Food & Finance Guy, Goals |
For my 40th birthday my wife and I travelled to Sydney to enjoy lunch at Peter Gilmore’s Quay restaurant. This is the home of the snow egg as featured on MasterChef a couple of seasons ago. We enjoyed some interesting food and also tried some of the elements...
by Adam Massey | Sep 25, 2020 | Cashflow, Financial Advice, Financial goals, Financial Tips, Investing, Retirement, Superannuation |
The Spring issue of infocus includes: Super life cover. Is this a good way to have your personal insurances? The tips, traps and costs of retirement villages. As the population ages, retirement villages are marketed at the ‘over-55s’, but the average age...
by Adam Massey | Aug 17, 2020 | Debt, Financial Advice, Financial Adviser, Investing, Life balance, Massey Market Updates, Retirement |
Australia has had poor housing affordability for over a decade. The 2020 Demographia Housing Affordability Survey showed the multiple of median house prices to median annual incomes in Australia is 5.9 times, in Canada is 3.9 times, in the UK is 4.5 times and in the...
by Adam Massey | Aug 10, 2020 | Debt, Financial Advice, Financial Adviser, Financial goals, Investing, Massey Market Updates, Retirement, Superannuation |
The Reserve Bank of Australia left interest rates on hold for the fifth month in a row. The March monetary easing is believed to be working as expected, with continued bond buying to keep the 3 year bond yield at its 0.25% target. The Victorian coronavirus outbreak...