Will your business idea work? You’ve got an idea, but is it a business opportunity? When you’ve decided on an idea which fits with you as a person, then you’ll need to spend time carefully investigating it further to see if it is in fact, […]
Ever thought of starting your own business? At last, you’re retiring or retired! After the holidays and ‘chill out time’ which you’ll undoubtedly have, you might then think ‘what’s next?’. Perhaps you may be considering starting a small business which fits your new lifestyle. A […]
Written by Sarah Davis For partners in the process of retirement there are potentially very tricky financial issues to manage. Money can be a very large issue between partners, representing as it does the power over key decisions and lifestyle choices. One of the partners […]
For those people who would like to improve their physical fitness, we can offer some useful suggestions. This advice is taken from the “Active For Life” program, which is the result of a joint project by Fitness Australia and Sports Dieticians Australia. Achieving physical fitness Physical […]
If you can call yourself a ‘Baby Boomer’, then you may well be going through many similar things that others who were born around your birth date are. Menopause is one of them. This is not something only the female in the relationship goes through. […]
Written by Sarah Davis The immediate expectation which retirement challenges is that it is desirable and we should immediately be at ease with it. For some this will be the case; for others, less so. It is tedious to field the constant ‘you must be […]
You are approaching retirement. You’ve spent the last 40 plus years working hard, saving money, purchasing property, paying into superannuation and life insurance funds; generally investing in your financial well being for your retirement. But have you invested in your physical wellbeing sufficiently to be […]
Written by Sarah Davis What expectations should we have about how much each should contribute to joint household budgets? Our expectation may be that we contribute proportionately according to our income. This is potentially very fair and equitable, but it begs many questions about who […]
In spite of all the positive hype surrounding the investment industry, there is risk involved and people can lose money as well as making it. If you are buying property, you can be risking substantial amounts of your own money. You can invest smaller amounts […]