John Killick Blog
Beware the ‘Ides of March’
On this fateful month (March 44BC), Julius Caesar was assassinated. A soothsayer had correctly predicted this occurrence and hence the historical importance of: a) people attempting to predict – especially in the money markets and b) March 2015 being the sixth anniversary of when the Global Financial...
Read More...“I am thinking of growing my wealth.”
Whilst it doesn’t happen very often, it should because growing wealth is not some magic formula – “thinking of growing wealth is simply a financial strategy”. Very few young people (age 20 – 35) we meet have a goal of creating wealth. Most middle age couples are...
Read More...Moving out of home
Whilst there is a lot to admire about Generation Y and their focus to community and less materialism, they have been shown to be far more likely to move into home with their parents as an adult than any previous generation. They have been called the “trophy...
Read More...Going to University
I was talking to a friend in the IT industry and I asked him about the relevance of university for his children. He seemed reticent. I pushed further and he admitted his thinking was to avoid formal tertiary training for his kids as he believed it unnecessary,...
Read More...Buying a House
When chatting to a couple of mates after the cricket – (it finished early we were both lucid and coherent) - they are retired on a government pension plus savings – age60 – the topic of their children buying a home came up. Their kids are in...
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