Tax Schemes Fall From Grace

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kdRqnbiAJk

The collapse of Great Southern Plantation and Timbercorp raises concerns as to how two companies with similar investments could fall from grace so quickly. It also begs the question whether these types of investments should even be considered by investors. These products are generally offered as a tax incentive scheme by accountants and financial planners […]

Speculation in the Market

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Tp4dR7dhMw

The recent outbreak of swine flu has sent speculators scrambling to buy into Biota, the company responsible for the Tamiflu vaccine in the hope of making a quick dollar. But is this really smart investing or just plain gambling? On Friday 24 April Biota closed at $0.87 before rising 78.16 per cent to a high […]

Capital Gains Tax

Regardless of what you think of the budget, there is one thing that is certain and that is there will be hard times ahead for all Australians. In my opinion not enough is being done to encourage people to invest and become self funded in retirement, instead the government creates policies that in the […]

Dale on Sky Business News

Dale Gillham will be once again featuring on the Sky Business Channel program “Your Money, Your Call” from 7:00 - 8:00 pm EST Thursday the 14th , Channel 602 on FOXTEL and AUSTAR.

Advisers Fail to Manage

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVtseePkv0Q

Over the past few months I have heard many people complain about the perceived lack of value they have received from their adviser in regard to their investments. I believe this is because many advisers fail to adequately manage portfolio risk, instead preferring to advise their clients to ride out the market volatility. The problem […]