Some people plan to give money to beneficiaries (typically children and/or charities i.e., early inheritance) before they pass away, especially if they consider they have more than enough money i.e.,…
Commentators often refer to the price of property relative to household incomes. For example, it is estimated that property in Melbourne and Sydney now costs more than 10 times the…
All investment asset classes move in cycles. Investment returns are almost never linear. As such, investors must expect good and bad periods, which is why patience and discipline are big…
Many people are attracted to borrowing to invest in property because of negative gearing tax benefits. That is, the (income) loss that an investment property generates helps reduce the amount…
Borrowing capacity has reduced by around 30% over the past year due to the impact of higher interest rates and the increased 3% interest rate buffer that banks must use…
With the uncertain economic outlook, higher interest rates and cost-of-living burdens, Treasurer Jim Chalmers has handed down his second Budget on 9 May. The Treasurer has flagged the need for…
The unrefuted trend in all investment markets is mean reversion. It means that a period of below average returns is always followed by a period of above average returns. It…
The below video is a recording of a webinar hosted on 26 April 2024. In this webinar, Stuart and Jarrod discuss what investment returns they expect investment-grade property to generate…
I was listening to Morgan Housel’s new podcast recently (which I highly recommend by the way), and he said something along the lines of; once you define your investment philosophy,…
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