by Jeremy Duffield | Dec 21, 2020 | Centrelink Age Pension, Planning for Retirement, Retirement Income
The problem with cash. “We can’t live off that!” Retirees are only too well aware how far interest rates have dropped. The decline has been great for younger people paying off mortgages, but terrible for people funding retirement spending from bank account interest....
by Jeremy Duffield | Sep 24, 2020 | Planning for Retirement, Retirement Income
When I’m asked to say something about myself that other people don’t know, I often say: “My brother, Andrew, is in the Aria (rock & roll) Hall of Fame.” It always blows them away, because they think I’m so conservative and they remember my brother for his...
by Jeremy Duffield | Aug 3, 2020 | Planning for Retirement, Retirement Income
My mother Anne got me started in investing by buying me 100 shares of some long-forgotten mining company when I was 14 in the late ‘60s. Never made any money out of it but I did learn how to read the share pages. I probably learnt more by watching her navigate...
