by The Positive Investor | Sep 14, 2017 | Behavioural Finance, Financial Independence, Investment Markets, Investments, Planning, Retirement, Wealth Management
I came across this nice blog post recently. An article that points out a common misconception many people have. That investment returns are the only piece to the retirement saving puzzle. As Julie Cazzin writes; sometimes saving is more important than spectacular...
by The Positive Investor | Sep 14, 2017 | Behavioural Finance, Investment Markets, Investments, Planning, Retirement, Wealth Management
From international tennis stars one week to the average mum and dad the next. The ABC’s 7:30 recently featured a story on victims of poor financial advice (investors duped by a noted investment spruiker) who are calling for reforms to protect anyone else from...
by The Positive Investor | Sep 14, 2017 | Behavioural Finance, Investment Markets, Investments, Planning, Retirement, Wealth Management
Every investor need to strike a balance between risk and return and within this decision your portfolio should be rebalanced to ensure you don’t stray from your preferred asset allocations....
by The Positive Investor | Sep 14, 2017 | Behavioural Finance, Investment Markets, Investments, Planning, Retirement, Wealth Management
There will always be good and bad years when investing. It’s important to remain disciplined and keep a long term view because many investors fail by selling out after the market has fallen and buying back in after the market has gone up....
by The Positive Investor | Sep 14, 2017 | Investment Markets, Investments, Planning, Retirement, Wealth Management
Don’t only focus on performance when investing. One of the most important aspects is controlling the costs you pay because costs are a big drag on your overall returns....
by The Positive Investor | Apr 19, 2017 | Behavioural Finance, Investment Markets, Investments, Planning, Retirement, Wealth Management
Investment markets are very efficient and investors can never successfully time the market. This means the first step to successful investing is to accept the price on offer....