Episodes

How much of your life disappears between home and work?  A commute of 45 minutes each way may feel like a small daily inconvenience, but across a working year it can consume hundreds of hours.   That is time we can’t spend with family, exercising, resting or doing the things that…

If the median house price in your city fell last month, does that mean your home lost value?  Probably not, because the median price measures the middle property sold during a particular period. It does not measure the change in value of every property, and that difference matters enormously in…

What if the single biggest decision that shaped your entire financial future… wasn't actually a decision at all?   Warren Buffett, one of the richest men who has ever lived, says his success came down to one thing before he'd even taken his first breath.   Today Simon Kuestenmacher and I are…

Your age influences much more than the number of candles on your birthday cake.  It helps shape where you live, what you buy, how you work, what you worry about and even what you believe gives your life meaning.  You see..there are twelve stages of human life, according to one…

Many things about Australia are going to change beyond recognition over the next decade and we covered those in detail, in our last episode.  But here's the flip side, and it might be even more important for your decisions. There are forces running through Australian life that no election, no…

Every few months, a new report lands that says everything is about to change. Interest rates, migration, AI, the tax system. Take your pick. Most of it is noise. dressed up as insight.  In today's episode Simon Kuestenmacher and I step back from the noise and look at what the…

What if the biggest risk to your wealth isn't a bad property, a bad loan, or even a bad market... it's the thing you never saw coming at all? In the early 1980s, a young economist called Don Stammer taught me to watch for something he called the X-factor. Today,…

Australians are wealthier, healthier and living longer than previous generations, so why are we becoming less happy? Why are younger Australians now among the least happy people in the country? And have expensive housing, social media, and our constant desire for more turned the Australian dream into a treadmill we…