Does evil exist and, if so, are some people just plain evil?
Interesting discussion by Prof Luke Russell (University of Sydney) on the nature of evil: If someone is an honest person, honesty is part of his or her character. He or she can be relied upon to be...
View ArticleThis is the sort of thing which helps restore your faith in humanity
“@Tzarimas: This is the sort of thing which helps restore your faith in humanity. pic.twitter.com/WTwTcojo61” #inspirational — Liam Shorte (@SMSFCoach) May 24, 2014
View Article“Highly unlikely to ever see a Storm again”
Andrew Starke welcomes the latest proposed changes to Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) legislation in FINSIA News: Changes… outlined by the government on Friday have generally been well received, with...
View ArticleGrowth or income?
Most investors face a decision as to how much of their portfolio to allocate to growth investments and how much to income investments. The mind-set of many income investors is that they cannot afford...
View ArticleWhy Do Democrats Keep Trying to Ban Guns That Look Scary, Not the Guns That...
From Lois Beckett: Over the past two decades, the majority of Americans in a country deeply divided over gun control have coalesced behind a single proposition: The sale of assault weapons should be...
View ArticleIs Mathias Cormann acting in investors’ best interest — or the banks?
Chris Joye from the AFR comments on Finance Minister Mathias Cormann’s final Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) bill: Cormann seeks to assure consumers that a commission “is banned if it is made solely...
View ArticleFormer Trader Tom Hayes Sentenced to 14 Years for Libor Rigging – WSJ
From David Enrich at the Wall St Journal: LONDON—Former bank trader Tom Hayes was sentenced to 14 years in prison on Monday after a London jury convicted him of trying to fraudulently rig the London...
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The Trouble With Chasing Hot Strategies | Josh Brown
This should be blindingly obvious, but amazing how often it is ignored. Great post from Josh Brown at Reformed Broker: How do most investors (and many advisors) select funds or strategies to allocate...
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How to Survive & Profit in Today’s Markets
We have observed over a number of years that many investors follow an erratic path to trading/investing. Without clear objectives, they jump from one system to another, and one time frame to another,...
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I have resigned as a director of Porter Capital Management Pty Ltd (“Porter Capital”) and Porter Private Clients Pty Ltd (“Porter Private”) as I find this interferes with my primary business...
View ArticleExpensive cancer drugs are all the rage in pharma these days
Growing evidence that healthcare research should not be entrusted to Big Pharma: In the last decade, the average cost of a brand-name cancer drug jumped from about $5,000 per month to $10,000 per month...
View ArticleWarren Buffett: Bonds and portfolio risk
It is a terrible mistake for investors with long-term horizons – among them, pension funds, college endowments and savings-minded individuals – to measure their investment ‘risk’ by their portfolio’s...
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