Interest Rates

Interest Rates

You could be forgiven for thinking that interest rates occupy our minds more than any other topic. Every time a bank moves rates one way or another, it’s headline news. Even when the RBA doesn’t move rates there’s a news story about it. We’ve been conditioned to think...
Living On Your Home Loan

Living On Your Home Loan

There are many talking heads on TV and radio. Newspapers are filled with those giving us advice on how to manage our money, how to think, who to vote for and what to say. Amongst all the rubbish that passes for news or commentary the latest fashion is to bang on about...

Perfection and Reality

I know a couple of parents who live in suburbia. For many years they were regarded by their family and friends as the perfect parents. Especially the mother. Her first two children (now adults) were perfect with no hint of mental illness or drug addiction or any other...