It’s quickly becoming a market where you’re worried more about the preservation of your capital rather than capital appreciation or even dividends. Late last night we read the latest monthly report from Australian Wealth Gameplan, edited by Kris Sayce. Kris has come up with a way to hedge against the falling Aussie dollar and listed all the collateral damage that would occur if the currency falls more.
February 9th, 2010 | Dan Denning | 11 comments | ContinuedAll Posts Tagged With: "Australian Wealth Gameplan"
A Look at Debt and Super
But despite that warning, and despite debt far in excess of their incomes, Aussies are STILL spending money like it’s going out of fashion.
November 11th, 2009 | Kris Sayce | 4 comments | Continued
E-mail Update for Paid-up Subscribers Only
What is not great is that the e-mail update was then forwarded over 1,000 times, presumably to people who are not paid-up subscribers.
October 23rd, 2009 | Dan Denning | 5 comments | Continued
Stocks Better than Bonds When Inflation is a Big Threat
What we make of it is that dividends used to account for a much larger percentage of your total return in stocks than they have in the last twenty years. Times change. There’s no rule that says the future has to be just like the past. But if stocks beat inflation, should you invest in stocks for income or capital appreciation? That’s the second question.
October 19th, 2009 | Dan Denning | 4 comments | Continued
What Assets are Going to Beat Inflation in the Coming Ten Years?
Last night was trivia night in Elwood. Your editor sat across from Australian Wealth Gameplan editor Kris Sayce. Between questions about how many venomous snakes there are in Australia and whether New South Wales is larger than South Australia (it’s not), we found the time to query him about whether buying inflation indexed bonds from the Australian government was a good investment strategy.
August 14th, 2009 | Dan Denning | 4 comments | Continued
Global Credit Shortage is Over According to European Central Bank
That all sounds like common sense. So why are so few policy makers using their head? The people who hope the global economy can be revived through a resumption of credit growth seem to forget that it was massive credit growth that created the problem (massive global imbalances, huge debt levels, and mal-investments) in the first place.
July 23rd, 2009 | Dan Denning | 2 comments | Continued
