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Livinia Nixon began her career in TV commercials in the 1990s before moving to children's television show Plucka's Place , iconic Aussie classic Hey Hey It's Saturday and then to radio before returning to television hosting quiz shows Temptation ... More

Simon Longstaff is the executive director of the Ethics Centre, which he has led since 1980, helping navigate the question of ethics in politics banking, law and medicine. The latter was particularly pertinent at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic. ... More

In 1985, JR Walker, a real estate agent in Townsville, found himself in the Supreme Court. Years earlier, he'd forked out $3000 for an angora goat with reproductive potential. Not wanting to see a good thing go to waste, he spent a further $2000 ... More

Making a conservative choice is often seen as the safe choice, but not taking on risk when you're young could see you fall short of your retirement investment goals. "You have to start with education and information, and understand the long-term ... 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

Murray Cook is former Wiggle (the red one) and now lead guitarist in the Soul Movers. His passion is music - he's spent his life playing in bands and is regularly spotted at live gigs. As one of the original Wiggles he played all over the world ... 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

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

Last financial year - 2019-20 - was the most volatile financial year for the share market in more than a decade. The S&P/ASX 200 index rose to an all-time high, before plunging to a seven year low. The recovery from the March 2020 low was unevenly distributed ... 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