by Nick Rainsford | 20 Jan 2018 | Business, General
In April last year an old school friend contacted me. He had, quite deliberately, placed himself in a very stressful and quite dangerous financial predicament. He was working with his accountant to find a solution but he wanted to double check with us as trusted...
by Nick Rainsford | 6 Aug 2017 | General, Home loans, Leasing, SMSF
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...
by Nick Rainsford | 8 May 2017 | Business, General, Investments, Uncategorized
I’d been wanting to read a book written by CIA agent, Robert Baer. The book – called See No Evil – was released just after 9/11. I wanted to wait for all the hype to die down before tackling the seriousness of the topic – failure of the CIA to detect and...
by Nick Rainsford | 13 Feb 2017 | Business, General, Home loans, Investments, Leasing, SMSF, Uncategorized
If there’s one thing that has been constant in the financial world it’s been that of constant change. But change is not always for the better. This article explores some of the changes (good and not so good) over the past forty or so years. I arrived in Australia in...
by Nick Rainsford | 12 Dec 2016 | Business, Financial Thymes newsletter, General, Home loans, Investments, Leasing, Uncategorized
In a conversation with a few friends a couple of weeks ago – and while we were all expressing collective dismay at the current state of banking in Australia and globally (as you do when the sticky wine is being served ahead of the cheese platter) – the topic turned to...
