Probably the biggest story in sport in the last year has been Lance Armstrong’s spectacular fall from grace. Armstrong had long been considered one of history’s greatest athletes, but recent events have shown huge flaws in his plan to be the world’s best; flaws that resulted in him losing almost everything that he set out […]
I attended a two day investment academy this week during which the focus was placed firmly on what the next “King” of investments would be. Topics included a range of investment areas: gold bullion, Australian equities, international equities, developed and emerging markets, bonds, currency and many others. Each speaker presented compelling arguments for their point […]
At the beginning of last week (26th of November) the cover story in the Economist was all about the imminent collapse of European financial markets. The headline “Beware of falling masonry – The crisis in the euro area is turning into a panic and dragging the zone into recession. The risk that the currency disintegrates […]