Ken is director of Metropole Wealth Advisory and gives strategic expert advice to property investors, professionals and business owners. He is in a unique position to blend his skills of accounting, wealth advisory, property investing, financial planning and small business. View his articles
Do you feel rich? Well, the average Aussie says they’d need to earn a significant amount of money to feel rich, according to new research. A recent Finder’s survey revealed the average Australian wouldn’t consider themselves affluent until they were earning $345,819 per year. That’s almost 5 times greater than the average personal income of…
No one likes to talk about death but it is a fact of life. The problem is that by not talking about it, many people never get around to preparing for it either. A common saying is that there are only two certainties in life – death and taxes – yet we generally prepare for…
Australians seem to keen to hold on to their cash, ready for a rainy day and managed to stash more than $10 billion extra in the bank in the month of November alone. The latest APRA data shows household deposits continue to climb, with Aussies stashing an extra $10.5 billion in the bank in the…
Australia’s population has soared to 26.6 million people, rising 2.4 per cent in the past year, as overseas migration reaches record levels, new data has found. Overseas migration has risen dramatically by 72.7 per cent in the past year, adding 518,000 people to Australia’s population in the 2022-23 financial year, according to the latest data…
Working from home is still more common among Australians after the COVID-19 pandemic, but less than it was two years ago, according to new data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Bjorn Jarvis, ABS head of labour statistics, said: “Prior to the pandemic, the percentage of employed people working from home regularly had been…
What do you do with unwanted Christmas gifts? Well, according to new research from Compare the Market, a surprisingly high number of Aussies don’t keep the gifts they receive over the festive period. In fact, 1 in 5 Aussies admit to regifting duplicate presents or gifts they don’t like at Christmas. Around 16% of respondents who…
Have you considered investing with family members? As they say… Blood is thicker than water, but sadly, bad business can break families apart overnight. Co-investing with family is no exception. It has the power to thrive or the power to destroy – and the key is all in the foundation you start from. Common family…
Is successful property investing an art or a science? Albert Einstein once said, “COMPOUND INTEREST IS THE EIGHTH wonder of the world. He who understands it earns it… he who doesn’t… pays it.” If we accept the above, then the longer we hold a property investment the more likely we are to make a gain….
How are you financing your Christmas shopping this year? Well, according to the latest data from Finder, millions of Australians are expected to land themselves in debt over Christmas that could take months to repay. Their survey of 1,056 respondents found more than a fifth (21%) of Aussies – equivalent to 4.2 million people –…
What are the most in-demand jobs in Australia today? Well, the latest Skills Priority List found that technicians and trade workers remain the most in-demand with 50 per cent of occupations in the category experiencing labour scarcity. The list also highlighted that 66 new occupations have made the annual skill shortage list in 2023, including…
