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On the 5th and 6th of March 2018, we held our semi-annual conference in Melbourne at The Royce Hotel. Bob Fowler opened the conference, welcoming several first time conference attendees, two prospective advisers and a large number of existing FYG Planners conference faces. Attending for the first time since joining FYG were Thabojan Rasiah of Rasiah Private […]

In & Out of Fashion

March 3, 2018

The latest investment fad is over. Bitcoin went from euphoria to revulsion inside of three months. Only a reality television marriage could turn uglier at a faster rate! The proof comes in the form of this chart we’ve compiled that contrasts the weekly Bitcoin price with weekly Google search interest in the term ‘Bitcoin’. The […]

Last week the media were excitedly reporting on a man named Noah who claimed he had traveled back in time from the year 2030. Noah had some great stories to tell about the future and had even passed a lie detector test apparently. Among things he’d seen from the future were the re-election of Donald […]

Back in the early 2000’s there was a rash of media coverage about safe rooms or panic rooms. It was an armoured room built inside a house where the occupant could ride out a bad situation while waiting for law enforcement to arrive. The rooms became prevalent among wealthy people who lived in urban areas […]

Volatility Makes Its Return

February 10, 2018

Well, there it is. The correction that we’ve been told has been coming every month since January 2017, finally arrived. Over? Probably not, but it was needed. Needed? Yes needed. Nothing in life comes for free. 2017 was an extremely rare year where the entrants enjoyed a free pass to the park and none of […]