Foundations of a healthy retirement are laid early when retirement is still a distant prospect.

Conservation

Coming in from a day’s sailing I’m often asked “How do you do it”, particularly if it has been a rough day.  I’m the oldest active sailor in the club and whilst I rarely win, I can still be competitive.  My answer is always the same: “I’ve been lucky, lucky to have some good genes…

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The Misleading Chart Theory

One of our vigilant Members (Richard) picked me up on this chart of Flight Centre (ASX: FLT) in the newsletter on Tuesday. As we frenzy about borders opening the temptation is to buy travel stocks like Flight Centre for a return to their pre-pandemic glory and the chart ‘suggests’ that if Flight Centre got back…

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Feb 2022 - Henry on the Banks

Henry On the Banks

THE MACHINE Hands up who remembers the Hayne Royal Commission into the Banking Industry? You must remember it? Surely it was game-changing. All those banking chiefs heading to Canberra and court wearing hair shirts, saying sorry and falling on their swords? Remember that? Remember ‘thingamabob’ from CBA resigning and ‘whatshis’ name from WBC finally going?…

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