Over the course of a year, it’s not unusual for the stock market to be a topic of conversation at barbeques or other social gatherings. A neighbour or relative might ask about which investments are good at the moment. The lure of getting in at the right time or avoiding the next downturn may tempt even disciplined, long-term investors. The reality of successfully timing markets, however, isn’t as straightforward as it sounds.
In the aftermath of the storm that hit the financial planning industry following Commissioner Haynes report on the financial services royal commission, which saw several big institutions exit the financial planning business, the one question that clients are (and should always have been) asking is – who is my Financial Adviser working for?
I do like a good book, and having just read a particularly interesting piece from philosopher Dr Simon Longstaff called Everyday Ethics: The daily decisions you make & how they shape the world, I felt moved to share my favourite quote from the book.
This experience involves a Discovery meeting, and a Concept meeting, resulting in a tailor-made financial plan. Let’s take a look at what happens in our concept meeting.
Do you often feel like you’re on a treadmill when it comes to getting paid each week/month and having to meet all of the routine family expenses, loan repayments, bills etc? Like you’re running on the spot, and going nowhere? In our Mackay and Bowen Basin region, this is often amplified, because there are often very healthy incomes that make us feel like we should be getting ahead!
It has been said often that if you fail to plan, you plan to fail. Most successful businesses have a Business Plan, and most financially successful people have a Personal Financial Plan.
This experience involves a Discovery meeting and a Concept Meeting, resulting in a tailor-made financial plan. Let’s take a look at the Discovery meeting, or “Step 1.”
Did you know that when your superannuation/pension monies are passed down to your adult children upon death, that the estate can pay up to 17% in taxes on these monies?
Human nature calls for us to worry – this instinct goes way back to the days in which we had to protect ourselves against predators.
Superannuation has always been a tax-friendly environment and, as such, over the years legislations have systematically reduced the amount one can contribute to super.