by Nick Rainsford | 4 Jul 2019 | Uncategorized
Writer’s block is not something I have ever been afflicted with as I’m not a writer. However, in the past few weeks I’ve been stuck. Every time I sat down and began writing an article about a particular topic, another topic would come to me that I think people will be...
by Nick Rainsford | 25 Aug 2017 | Business, General, Home loans, Investments, Leasing, SMSF
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...
by Nick Rainsford | 22 Jul 2017 | Business, General, Home loans, SMSF
We’ve seen lots and lots of digital space dedicated to what interest rates are doing this week. One minute the Aussie dollar races above $0.79 against the USD — after a slight change in the RBA minutes — and the frenzy of predictions that the RBA will move rates up...
by Nick Rainsford | 19 Jun 2017 | Business, Financial Thymes newsletter, General, Home loans, Investments, Leasing, SMSF
Aahh, the good old days. When there were certain things you could rely on without fail. Things like having your newspaper delivered to your front door (or driveway or gutter or balcony – depending how good the paper-boy’s aim was); the milk being delivered at 6am and...
by Nick Rainsford | 12 Jun 2017 | General, Home loans, Investments, SMSF, Uncategorized
I bet many of us have had that thought a few times in our lives. If I only knew my new job was going to be this bad: If I only knew the Powerball numbers in advance; If I only knew what mortgage rates were going to do. You get the idea. I have a few as well. We took...