by admin | Aug 6, 2024 | Ask Alan News
I have asked you (my clients) many times if you want to know my opinion on why interest rates and house price are as they are. The clear answer is… NO ! What we do want from you – is what should we do… Let me go back a bit first. Every decade has had a defining...
by admin | May 15, 2024 | Ask Alan News
The Council of Social Services (ACOSS) always makes a submission to the budget. This year it notes that the top 10% of Australians have over $5.2 million in net wealth and that the gap between the top 10% and those below is somehow inherently wrong. It also notes that...
by admin | Apr 11, 2024 | Ask Alan News
A report from a government committee has suggested that Australian Banks be forced to issue “Tracker Mortgages” (Aust Financial Review 27 March 2024). Australian banks have unsurprisingly pushed back. A “tracker mortgage” supposedly “tracks” the Reserve Bank cash rate...
by admin | Mar 27, 2024 | Ask Alan News
How best to deal with the worry of inter- generational issues…? In my email last week, I posed the question of how best to prepare for your own future… One client asked how they could help their (young) children – not yet born – because of their concerns about what...
by admin | Mar 20, 2024 | Ask Alan News
I spent time with long term clients and even longer friends over the weekend. Here was one part of the conversation – and I’d like you to continue it, along any pathway you choose… more of that later. “How much do I need to live comfortably in later life?” Average...
