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Plenty of books, podcasts and blogs focus on building wealth – and that’s great, as far as it goes. But focusing just on wealth misses the point. I believe what most of us actually want is to have choice. Choice in how much time we give to income-producing activities. Choice about what those income-producing activities are. Choice about where we live. Choice about when we retire. Choice about the ways we use our money to produce happiness. In the Financial Autonomy podcast, I explore the dif ...
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Where to find new episodes of What's Possible?
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Looking for a new What's Possible episode? What's Possible has now moved to its own channel. Links are below for the most common players, or just search What's Possible in your podcast app. Find What's Possible on Spotify here: https://open.spotify.com/show/7beUaLlKeg7zlq6RlIObTp Find What's Possible on Apple here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/pod…
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This week's episode is inspired by the number one question we get asked by new clients - am i on track to retire? This week I take you through how we go about answering this question. What are the inputs required, and the key things for you to consider? For help, visit our website: www.guidancefs.com.au Disclaimer…
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What's Possible - 9 Month's in Antarctica
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Could you spend 9 months through winter down in Antarctica? This week I chatted with Matt Roberts who did exactly that with the Australian Antarctic division. He shares how he got this opportunity, the training required, and what life's like at the bottom of the world. What's Possible is moving to its own channel. Be sure to add it to your Follows/…
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Borrowing to invest he is unquestionably a frequent contributor to wealth accumulation. Few of us would buy a home without using a mortgage, and it is a rare business that is able to grow without some form of debt. Borrowing to invest in the stock market has many positive attributes. Shares can be sold quickly, enabling you to reduce or clear your …
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Welcome back to the What's Possible podcast where we explore people who've lived interesting lives and consider what lessons we can draw to have the fullest, most fun life possible. In this episode, we dive into Hillary Clinton's journey and what she's achieved alongside that. What's Possible has now moved to its own channel. Links are below for th…
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Why Industry Super Funds Have Underperformed, and Should You be Concerned?
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Having now rolled into a new financial year, you might have seen league tables floating around showing the best and worst super fund performers for the 2023/24 financial year. This year the large industry funds tended to lag their retail funds cousins. In this week's episode I wanted to explore why that had occurred, so you can determine whether yo…
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Welcome back to another episode of the What's Possible podcast where we examine the life of someone interesting and then discuss what we can learn from their story to help us live full and interesting lives. Subscribe to Crawford's new weekly email The Dash. Disclaimer What's Possible has now moved to its own channel. Links are below for the most c…
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What's Happening with Interest Rates and What Does the Future Hold for Me?
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What's going on with interest rates? At the beginning of the year there was near unanimous agreement that interest rates would fall at some point in 2024, probably in the back half of the year. Yet here in Australia at least, talk is of the potential need to lift interest rates. As it stands, interest rates are already at their highest level in ove…
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Welcome to the What's Possible podcast, our dive into the people who inspire us, how they achieved what they did, and what lessons we can all draw so that we can live the most interesting and full lives possible. Let us know what you think by hitting "reply" to a GainingCHOICE email. Not receiving GainingCHOICE? Fix that here. What's Possible has n…
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A huge welcome back to the Financial Autonomy podcast, our first episode in about 5 months. The briefest glance at the market section in the GainingChoice e-mail will make it clear that investing in U.S. stocks has been by far the best strategy of the past several years. The five and 10 year average returns on Australian shares, inclusive of divide…
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What's Possible - Episode 1 - Sir Edmund Hillary
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Welcome to the What's Possible podcast our dive into the people who inspire us, how they achieved what they did, and what lessons we can all draw so that we can live the most interesting and full lives possible. Let us know what you think by hitting "reply" to a GainingCHOICE email. Not receiving GainingCHOICE? Fix that here.…
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Melbourne to Manhattan: A Podcast Pause for a City Change
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I started this podcast in 2017 with the desire to put myself out there on what I felt was important in money management and wealth creation, gaining choice. My hope was that in putting that message out into the world, in time I'd attract people to our Financial Planning practice who shared this worldview. It took a while but I'm very pleased that t…
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It's not uncommon I find, for people to arrive at the desire to achieve Financial Autonomy in their 40s or 50s. Particularly for those with kids, until this point in life it's largely just been survival mode. Money in equals money out. First it's saving a deposit for a home, then it's getting the mortgage under control. Usually either the first hom…
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Exploring Investment Satellites with David Tuckwell of Global X ETF's
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In this episode, we talk with David Tuckwell of Global X about a few interesting potential satellite ETFs. [Website] [Disclaimer]
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The Comparison Challenge - Super, Shares, Property
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I received a question recently for my Ask an Expert column where the reader was comparing the annual income they received from their investment property, against the growth in the value of this superannuation fund. Their conclusion, looking at the numbers, was that they should sell the investment property and shift all the money to super. But their…
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Investing is all about risk and reward. In endeavoring to build our wealth and gain choice in life, we take on risk with the expectation that we will be rewarded for taking on that degree of uncertainty. The Oxford Dictionary defines risk as the “possibility of something bad happening at some time in the future”. As investors that typically means a…
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The starting point is to consider why you might choose to be a business owner. Certainly it's not the right option for a lot of people. There's risk, extra stress, and a requirement for a broad skill set. A great analogy I think is comparing a decathlete at the Olympics to an athlete in a single pursuit. A decathlete isn't good enough to be a gold …
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Beyond Local - International Share Diversification
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Most of us, when we start investing, will buy Australian shares. We typically gravitate towards businesses that we recognize, perhaps one of the miners, a bank, or a retailer that we walk past at the local shopping centre. Before long we stumble across exchange traded funds, and most people tend to gradually invest more and more in these vehicles o…
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Tax cuts are coming for anyone earning over $45,000 a year. For those earning between $120,000 and $200,000, the changes are particularly meaningful. This week I wanted to explore some strategy considerations you might wish to think about in the lead up to these very significant changes. [Website] [Disclaimer]…
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Financial Focus Through Life Stages: Building Your Financial Roadmap for 2024
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Given this week's episode is our first for the new year, I thought I'd take a look at the typical areas to focus on with reference to your stage of life. Now of course there's a wide range of normal, so feel free to adapt these thoughts to your own situation. Hopefully, they can help to give you some direction as you make your plans for an amazing …
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Recently I've had several planning discussions that centered around inheritances. Despite this common core, each discussion was very different. So in this week’s podcast I thought I'd share with you some of the things I'm seeing, and the discussions I'm having with clients. Perhaps they might help you in navigating this area, which can be challengi…
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It's summer and hopefully you're kicking back somewhere, recharging the batteries with plenty of blue sky and sunshine. It's at times like these, perhaps strolling along the beach with our partner, nothing urgent to be done and plenty of time to think, that the thought might pop into our head “wouldn't it be great to spend more time here. I wonder …
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Today’s post is prompted by two separate discussions I had with new clients this week. In one case, there was a recent inheritance, in the other, the couple had recently paid off their mortgage. In both instances, multiple options existed. I heard about things like home renovations, private school for the kids, cutting back to four days a week, ear…
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This week we’re lucky enough to have Ana Kresina, co-hosts of the Get Rich Slow Club podcast. Ana is also the Head of Content and Community at investment app Pearler, and a parent of two small children. Today we are talking financial planning for parents and I’ve asked Ana to join me because she is the author of a book called Kids Ain’t Cheap: How …
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This week’s podcast is inspired by a question I got for my Ask an Expert column in the Fairfax press. A reader asked whether it was worth adding extra money to super given the balance goes up and down. She can put $5000 in one day, only to see the balance drop by that amount the next, causing her to feel like those savings just got flushed down the…
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