behaviour

My father had a double life. He ran a second family that he kept secret from my mother and his kids for many years. When he finally told my mother the marriage was over, he had obscured his true finances, so it was impossible for her to find out where ... More

There is an old saying that we learn from our mistakes. But if this is true, why do people continually make the same mistakes believing it will be different next time? It is not unusual to see portfolios with losses on individual positions of 50-90% ... More

Earlier this year, Brett Kelly sought to examine what really sets apart some of Australia's most successful investors. In his fifth book, Investment Wisdom , the chief executive of Kelly+Partners chartered accountants interviewed nine well-known ... More

The economic impact of the pandemic has left many tenants with little choice but to apply for rental assistance. While government payments have helped cushion the blow, many people are struggling to afford their rent, and the property market has suffered ... More

What extraordinary times. What an extraordinary correction. The corona crash. I don't think any of us have seen this sort of correction before. Straight down 38% in 22 days. You had to act fast, very fast. Then the bounce, up 22% in 13 days. You ... More

The stock market bug first bit me in 1990. I became obsessed with analysing companies and predicting whether the price of their stock would go up, down or sideways. I devoured annual reports, financial newspapers and magazines and books on investing. ... More

During the pandemic, one of my sons had the good fortune of having a job at a local supermarket. This gave him front-row tickets to the Covid-19 human behaviour experiment. At the height of the toilet paper panic, he was given the task of rolling a ... More

Young adults, like my own children, have been hit disproportionately hard by COVID-19. Their lives - and often those of their parents - have been turned upside down. How do you set them right again? Many adult children are moving back home with their ... More

The economic damage from COVID-19 has been compared to that of the 2008 global financial crisis (GFC). While there are key differences between the two, the first being a credit crisis and the other being a health crisis, the nature of the economic damage ... More

Financial abuse can be a standalone form of abuse, but it's also prevalent in about 90% of domestic violence situations. The truth is that not only is financial abuse common, it can be hard to spot because it occurs in many different forms. Self-isolation ... More