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Financial Autonomy

Oct 31, 2018

Episode 65 – The challenges of investing for children

With the cost of housing continuing to climb, in addition to the rising cost of tertiary education, many parents and grandparents are worried about what the future holds for the young people in their lives.

Last week Michael contacted me. He has a young daughter...


Oct 24, 2018

Episode 64 – Money & happiness - Brian Portnoy - The Geometry of Wealth

I am joined by author Brian Portnoy in this episode as we talk about his book on money and happiness called The Geometry of Wealth.

In this interview we cover:

  • What is “The Geometry of Wealth” about and what led and triggered him to...


Oct 17, 2018

Episode 63 – Why do investment markets have bubbles?

If you’ve ever seen a graph of any share market, you will know that whilst over the long term it tends to go up, the graph isn’t a straight line. Markets will go up, up, up over several years, only to fall back for a year or two, before re-starting their...


Oct 10, 2018

Episode 62 – Putting the puzzle together – 4 essential elements to achieving your big life goals

Here at Financial Autonomy, our focus is typically on the money side of how you achieve your goals and gain the choice in life that you deserve. But of course, achieving big goals requires more than just a financial...


Oct 3, 2018

Episode 61 – Have your 20's set you up for financial failure?

Habits.

Human brains love them!

Any time we can go on auto-pilot, we jump at it.

Author Samuel Johnson observed, “The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken”.

I also like a quote from Agatha Christie on the...