The Ugly Truth

The Ugly Truth There’s an ugly truth about being a trader. Once you gain some serious control over your life, your time and your money, not everyone will be your fan. I guarantee that by the time you start to show some of the outward signs of success, you will attract people who will think…

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China

As can be seen from the graphic below the local market has endured an extended period of under performance relative to other Western markets. Yet, its performance is largely in line with a handful of Asian markets.   It has long been my view that local investors unfortunately suffer from a Western- centric hangover – in…

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Being Young

One of the good things about being young is that you can trade stupidity for time – this is the strategic advantage of being young. The excess time you have remaining in your account enables you to recover from the majority of stupid things we  all do when we are young.  At the AIA conference…

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Its Friday

  I thought this little snippet belonged in the Its Friday section because surely being rewarded with a multi million dollar bonus for overseeing a financial planning division that committed wholesale fraud is taking the piss……isn’t it? This actually tells you all you need to know about the culture of Australian banks.

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