Sometimes I feel sorry for the capital gain junkies whose mantra seems to be ‘I live and die by capital gain’.   But if you look at history it is quite apparent that growth periods occur less than half the time.  The rest of the time the market is flatlining or actually dropping.  That’s why [...]

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Record overseas migration levels coupled with rising fertility rates have resulted in the strongest population growth figures in almost 20 years. Australia is experiencing a population boom, with the current rate of population growth the highest in almost 20 years. Figures recently released from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reveal that the Australian population [...]

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