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Build A Better Future by Fighting Our Dark (Lazy) Side

Quite often, the best thing we can do for ourselves, and our future, is the opposite of what we feel like doing.

Reflections On A Year of Freedom

Taking a look back at our first year of early retirement.  How has it been?

LIC Review: Milton Corporation (ASX:MLT)

My review of this old school investment company, Milton Corporation, and whether it’s a good long term investment.

Being Rational and Solving Problems

How to get the outcomes we want without blowing all our money in the process.

Franking Credit Changes – My Thoughts

The Labor Party proposed changes to the franking credit system.  While their intentions are good, the policy idea has a number of problems.

Here’s What I’ve Been Reading Lately…

A few books that came onto my radar and I enjoyed reading.  My summaries of each.

Our Adventures with Leveraged Property

I explain how even though we invested in property, our returns weren’t that great.  And starting again, I would choose shares from the beginning.

Insurance: Prudent Protection or Costly Comfort?

A thought-provoking look at different insurances and whether it’s worth it or not.  And how we can build our own ‘insurance’ fund.

Luck, And The Incredible Role It Plays

A look at how I’ve been lucky in life so far.  Because whether we admit it or not, luck has a hand in the circumstances we find ourselves in.

LIC Review: Argo Investments (ASX:ARG)

I run the ruler over the second biggest LIC in Australia, Argo Investments, to see how it stacks up.

The Real Cost of Living: An Inconvenient Truth

The real cost of living is not as much as people think.  I compare living standards, incomes, and living costs over 100 years.

Goals and Focus for 2018

Sharing the various things I want to achieve and focus on in 2018.