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The US has just started its reporting season, and executive pays are well and truly in the hot seat especially those in US banks who look set to be paid record bonuses. While I am all for paying bonuses to employees who go above and beyond what they would normally be paid to do, I […]

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In the 2008 ASX share ownership study, it states that 58 per cent of people invest in shares to either make money or accumulate wealth. What is interesting about this is the fact that a large percentage of these investors seek their advice and information from newspapers and the internet, rather than from advisors or […]

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Since the 15th October the Australian share market has fallen nearly 8 per cent as part of the normal market cycle. What is interesting is that the longer the market moved down in time, the more fear has arisen in ordinary Australians concerned that they were about to see a repeat of what occurred into […]

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It would appear that despite the severity of the pull back leading up to the low in March 2009, many investors have failed to learn from the mistakes of the past. During the bear market leading up to March of this year many investors were overwhelmed with fear as they watched their investments fall up […]

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If you are confused about where the economy is heading and whether you should fix the interest rate on your housing loan, or what you should do with your investments, you are not alone. The past year has been one of contradictions given that we were told interest rates were likely to […]