Dear Reader, Open a page, any page, and there you’ll find an article on China. What Scott Morrison did say or should have said… What China’s rogue politician did but shouldn’t have done… And how this is just bad news for our already tenuous relationship with the Middle Kingdom. The press attention this week has […]
Australia to Control the Global Rare Earths Supply?
BEFORE WE BEGIN THIS FRIDAY, AN IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE GROUP PUBLISHER… The outlook could hardly be rosier for clean energy investors going into 2021. Electric vehicles (EVs) are now on track to overtake gas guzzlers inside the next decade or so. Trillions in stimulus cash is looking for a home next year — and […]
Investing in Australia’s Super Power: Rare Earths and Mining
Australia hit the geological jackpot. You want oil? We got it… You want gas? We got plenty of that too. Copper, iron ore, zinc, lead, silver, and gold…yep, yep, yep, yep, yep, and hell yes. We’ve even got the unpopular ores that nobody likes until that commodity cycle is hot again, like uranium and coal. […]
The RBA and the Tale of the Never-Ever-Will-We — QE and Lower Rates
Today is a day where we talk all things central banks. Well, at least about all things from our central bank. We can save the diving into what the others are doing for another day. You see, earlier this week the November minutes from the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) were released, and analysts have […]
A Balanced Investment Portfolio: There’s More to Investing Than Stocks…
These are the two questions I get after people find out what I do for a crust: ‘Where do I start?’ Followed by ‘How do I invest?’. You see, people want to invest. You’ll be amazed how many people are interested in learning more about the markets, the economy and how to increase their wealth […]
Six Tips on How to Set Up Your Investments
How do I invest?
That’s the most common question I get asked when people find out what I do for a crust.
Gold Mega Mergers Are Back — Northern Star and Saracen Minerals
Budget schmudget. There’s a whole lot of talk about who got a handout and who didn’t get something from the federal government’s Tuesday budget. The government has significantly increased its debt levels in some sort of attempt to ‘grow’ the economy out of this. The majority of income earners will get a four-figure tax return […]
Citizens…Let’s Get Ready to Boooorrrrow
Dear Reader, Today I was going to talk about what will save Victoria. From my 5km bubble, I was going to throw out the idea that perhaps Victorians — with the blessing of our lunatic government — may be able to dig our way out of trouble over the next decade. That perhaps this tiny, […]
New Bankruptcy Law in Australia — Good for You or Saving the Banks?
Don’t ask me why, but this morning as I was getting ready for work (a whole four metre walk from the bedroom to the study), I remembered a conversation I had with a taxi driver in Vancouver last year.
Australia Breaking Up with China: What it Means for Investors
Dear Reader, The war of words continues to rage in the press. Our government says this, Chinese state-owned media says that. Politicians of old come out and talk their book. Others — perhaps those keen to keep their friends in high places — are telling us that perhaps we should change how we speak publicly […]