If you want to mix things up around the barbeque this weekend, drop this on the hot plate… “Hey guys, what were you doing at nine years of age?” The year is 1932 and Australia’s in the grip of the Great Depression. On the outskirts of Leongatha, Victoria, a badly injured farmer lies in hospital …
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Housing Supply Truths
In the early nineties, when thin-rimmed glasses were making a comeback, property tycoon Harry Triguboff was making some eye-popping purchases. The founder of Meriton apartments began purchasing rundown petrol stations and industrial wasteland next to noisy freeways. His magnate mates thought he’d lost his marbles, but Triguboff saw things differently. The real estate billionaire, who …
Gifting the Kids
The mother sitting in front of me is death staring her husband. And every time she argues her case, he rolls his eyes. Her blood is simmering like lava. And then she spins and death stares me… “WHAT DO YOU THINK?!”, she says with a forced smile. When she finds out what I really think, …
Busting Your Bills
Forty years ago, if you wanted to change TV channels, you had to move your bum instead of your thumb. And if someone suggested you’d one day pay for streams of content, you would’ve laughed at them while hugging your precious VHS recorder. Now look at us. Most households have at least one streaming subscription …
What Happened to CBA?
In the past 12 months, CBA’s share price has climbed from $127 to $191 — a 50% gain. Impressive, right? And you’re probably thinking… “I should’ve bought some.” Not so fast, tiger. According to Morningstar — one of Australia’s most respected research houses — CBA’s fair value is closer to $90. That suggests it’s trading …
The Easter I’ll Never Forget
“Join me for lunch”, he said It’s the week leading up to Easter 2014 and I’m sitting in the Loaves and Fishes Restaurant in Ashfield, Sydney. If you don’t know it, it’s run by the Exodus Foundation and feeds approximately 1,400 homeless people per day. And right now, I’m sitting amongst three hundred of them. For many, it’s …
Will The A$ Go Lower
Julius loves being a dad…and he’s a damn good one, too. Just before their first son was born, he and his lovely wife made a pact: they wouldn’t spend a fortune on school fees. Instead, the paramedic had another idea. What if they spent the school fee equivalent on overseas adventures the whole family could …
Catching a Falling Knife
Richard is a geese and cattle farmer up in the Hunter Valley, New South Wales. Like most farmers, he’s very cut and dry when it’s time to let go of stock, no matter how fond he is of them. The cattle go straight to the chopper markets. The geese get the axe. Sounds brutal doesn’t …
Why Gold Is A Shiny Trap
Warning: This Moowsletter may not be for you. If you get a little starry-eyed every time you glance at that gold band wrapped around your finger…look away now. I’m about to wipe the lust out of your peepers. (No hard feelings.) Here’s the unpolished truth about gold… If you bought $1 worth of gold 100 years …
What If Trump Is Right?
It’s Tuesday lunch, and all morning the markets have been drowning in a sea of red thanks to Trump’s tariffs. Investors are freaking out. But as my RM’s hit the pavement for my midday walk, I get this deep, unshakeable, hunch… “What if?” This is why my tummy turned… A month ago when Trump first …