The media has been a flurry recently about Labor’s proposed changes to franking credits. There has been public outrage over this, and the sad reality is that this policy will have little impact on the uber-rich; those most affected will likely be the same group of people who lost their age pension a few years back when the asset test limit was changed. You can start to understand why retirees are fed up.

With Facebook users reaching around 1.44 billion globally and users posting around 250 million pieces of information per hour on the site, the expansion of information is mind boggling.

A very good friend of mine a few years back undertook one of Australia’s most gruelling 4WD adventures know as the “Canning Stock Route”.

Sometimes when you are looking to put some high octane into your investment portfolio, we often look to emerging industries, sectors or ideas. Over the decades segments of the market change from time to time, but today,

Most people don’t realise that in a lot of cases the best investment they own is themselves.

The main reason is that a person has the ability to generate income every year as long as you remain either self employed or employed. Despite market fluctuations, for some people this income source is pretty reliable.

Each day we are constantly assessing the risk in the global market – whether it be Europe and the problems with one of their struggling members, or China with their dodgy economic data or bad loans.

In a lot of countries 70% of consumption makes up the GDP. A countries ability to grow their spending is often closely linked to strong economic growth and a strong healthy economy.

Recently a number of our clients held a position in iinet (IIN) which is currently in the process of a fierce take over bid war between TPG Telecom (TPG) and M2 Group (MTU) .

I recently drove past the house and street that I grew up in as a young boy. It has been quiet a while since I was last in the area and it was nice to go back down memory lane. It reminded me that when I was a young I used to catch a bus to primary school and the bus ticket back then was around 35 cents.

The above terms are classic marketing tag lines which have been hammered away at people for decades now. The interesting part is that from a consumption and consumer point of view, it has structurally changed the way we spend. The

Albert Einstein famously described compound interest as the 8th wonder of the world. A profound statement given that it was coming from one of the greatest minds of all-time.

Last week I spent a week at the University of Nebraska attending an Executive MBA Course on understanding innovative methodologies to evaluate management and value companies. Omaha is the home town of Warren Buffett and the University of Nebraska provides some amazing degrees to study in this field of investing and security analysis.