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The Productivity Commission’s draft report on executive pay and the potential influence that minority shareholders will have raises some interesting questions. The main one is whether so few shareholders should be able to effectively sack the board of a company. I am all for more accountability from companies and their boards as I believe many […]

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It never ceases to amaze me that every time the market is bullish an array of new scams appear. Only recently I was talking with a gentleman who received a call from an overseas company about an incredible investment opportunity that promised safe returns of several hundred percent over the next 6 months. Based on […]

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I have said it before and I will say it again, for the life of me I cannot understand why anyone would want to own Telstra, it just does not make good investment sense. The government doesn’t want it, that‘s why they sold it, and recently the Future Fund sold out its holdings in this […]

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I read with interest an article in the September Choice magazine on option educators and their wealth creation seminars. The article states that options╒ trading is primarily promoted by educators as a ╘high profit low risk╒ strategy to make money in rising and falling share markets. Options educators have been renowned for making promises of […]

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When talking to people about investing in the share market, I often get asked how much should I invest? This question usually stems from the person’s perception of the return they will make on their capital. But they may as well ask me how long is a piece of string as there are so many […]