Happiness isn’t always guaranteed in life but there are plenty of strategies you can employ to make you happier – every day. You see, happiness is a state of mind that you can choose, even if you’re technically having a “bad day”. And, by being happier, you’re also likely to be more successful because you’ll…
RBA Governor Philip Lowe recently gave his views on the year ahead. He started by reflecting on what has happened over the last year,none of which was predicted… A pandemic, the biggest contraction in output in generations, the closure of the borders, a very large physical stimulus, new zero interest rates and quantitative easing. But…
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Are your habits preventing you from getting rich? In Tom Corley’s five-year Rich Habits study of 233 rich people and 128 poor people he discovered that your habits dictate your circumstances in life. In this week’s video we discuss 5 common habits holding people back from being Rich. These include: 1. Gambling There is no such…
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With interest rates near zero, Australia’s economy rebounding, and pumped with massive amounts of stimulus, and the coronavirus all but eradicated from our shores, our property markets are looking healthy and starting the year off on a strong footing. The stats show that after the nation went into lockdown last year, national property rates fell…
It seems that everybody has been making predictions for our housing markets for 2021 and they’re all extremely positive. While on the one hand I love to hear this, on the other hand I’m always concerned when everybody thinks the market is going to perform in a particular way as we’ve seen how wrong consensus…
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Would you like Life Time Wealth? Well…today we’ll explain what that means and how you could achieve it as I replay a chat I had with my good friends Louise Bedford and Chris Tate from The Trading Game and we discuss the concept of true wealth. This is the last of the summer series of…
Australian median house prices have hit record highs new in every capital city bar Darwin and Perth. According to Domain’s House Price Report for the December quarter latest median house price in Sydney now sits at $1.21 million. Melbourne’s property prices have staged a massive comeback, rising 5.3 per cent in the last three months of 2020,…
How are the various States performing economically? Each quarter Commsec looks at 8 key indicators to see how each States economy is performing. Last quarter Tasmania was the best-performing economy taking into account all the indicators, with ACT at #2. But Victoria retained the top position for economic growth with its economy performing 23% above…
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During his five years studying the rich and the poor Tom Corley identified 10 hard truths about the wealth gap that no politician or member of the mainstream media would dare reveal. And as I share them with you today, you’ll probably get a few surprises. These aren’t just our thoughts. In his 5year study, Tom…
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How wealthy are you? I guess that depends upon how you define wealth. In today’s podcast, I chat with demographer and social commentator Mark McCrindle about wealth distribution in Australia. We talk about what’s happened to the wealth gap between the rich and the average Australian, and we answer the question “are we better off…
