AJ Financial Planning Blog
We like the quote by R. Bennett when he summed up the following "Top 15 things money can't buy; time, happiness, inner peace, integrity, love, character,... respect, morals, trust, patience, common sense, dignity."
Our blog shares our latest ideas, critical thinking, thought-provoking insights, innovative exploration of the markets, economies, investments and areas in the financial markets that require change.
Which nation will have the next spending boom?
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.
Sale Growth Rates – Why is this such an important number when investing in shares?
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) .
Should I start my own business or invest in a new business?
The other day I received an e-mail that my brother in-law’s advertising agency had recently been listed as one of the BRW fastest growing companies. Out of the top 100 listed he was ranked 31st with an annual growth of 80% which was pretty impressive!
BrandZ measures great companies….. but can it also measure great investments?
Which is the most valuable brand in 2014? BrandZ report each year provides us the answer to this question. Sometimes when it comes to investing, we forget that the stock price which goes up and down each day is linked to an actual company.
GARP….. Excuse me did I GARP…..what is it all about?
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.