Comfort with Money

I've had over 40 years experience in finance, taxation, law, business and accounting, and am now retired. These are random thoughts about achieving your financial goals and living well and within your means.

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Like the vast majority of Australian youth of my own and some subsequent generations, I was brought up with the understanding that my...

Albert Einstein once described compound interest as the eighth wonder of the world, saying “he who understands it, earns it; he who...

We’re now at the pointy end of several sporting endeavours which are carried out by young men and women who I’m sure derive great...

The title above resonates with me in the way the magic words of my youth – “Shazam” and “Abracadabra” - were used to make doors open,...

Last week I referred yet again to the widely held misconception that investing in the share market is “risky”. Common sense demands the...

There are several definitions of “risk” but the most appropriate is “the possibility” that “bad consequences” range from the entire...

I have regularly suggested that the foolproof method of investing, especially in the share market, is enhanced by the extreme volatility...

For those would be investors who only want to pick “winners” the idea of handing over all your investment war chest to a professional,...

The concept that ownership, particularly of a property, constitutes a right to do anything with that property does not apply to...

For every article written on the terrifying consequences of global warming, another is written (perhaps not as well publicized) debunking...

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