PRESS CLIPPINGS
Here are some recent press clippings of interest to Motivated Money visitors
They Told Me That Madoff Never Lost Money! 26th Dec 2008
Ben Stein - New York Times
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"Cop a Dose of Harden Up" - 14th November 2008
Michael Pascoe - Sydney Morning Herald
The depression we had to have. With luck it will be severe and recalibrate the expectations of a generation! ... more
Bull vs Bear = Blood sport -13th March 2008
Michael Pascoe - Yahoo Money Matters
In the red corner, Alan Kohler, my Eureka Report colleague. In the blue corner, Peter Thornhill, former funds manager. Who will win? ... more
Greed; a deadly sin for the economy. - 20th October 2008
Paul Sheehan - Sydney Morning Herald
Australia has a fiscal surplus, but that does not offer as much protection as people think. If the Government boosts spending further, the current account deficit will spiral out of control. ... more
Buy American - I am! - 17th October 2008
Warren Buffett - New York Times
Words of wisdom from the 'Oracle' ... more
Saving the housing dream - 2nd September 2008
Scott Pape - The Barefoot Investor - Herald -Sun
Throwing money at something has never made it cheaper!! ... more
Shares a tax-friendly super strategy - 24th October 2007
Gillian Bullock - The Australian
Peter Thornhill of Motivated Money says dividends remain stable in aggregate. ... more
Fee greed slows LIC stream to trickle - 31st October 2007
John Synnott - The Australian
One reason is greed -- the new wave of LICs has boosted fees relative to rival managed fund charges. The other is that financial planners are the distributors for investment products and prefer managed funds because of the commissions they get. ... more
Managed Fund Savings Plans -1st September 2007
Peter Freeman - Money Magazine
An important option that mimics one of super's key features � building wealth by making small but regular investments � is the managed fund savings plan. ... more
In a crisis, US Fed turns to jelly - 10th August 2007
Stephen Bartholomeuz - Sydney Morning Herald
each time we recover from a bout of irrational exuberance. ... more
Housing crisis: we did it ourselves - 25th July 2007
Ross Gittins - Sydney Morning Herald
I'll give it to you straight, as no politician would dare to: the difficulty people are having affording a home loan is largely of our own making. We've made a rod for our own backs. ... more
Great Depression fall looms -26th June 2007
Jacob Saulwick & Telegraph London - Sydney Morning Herald
THE risk of a 1930s-style economic slump has been heightened by ... more
Leave emotion out of it - 2nd MAY 2007
John Synnott - The Australian
Investors need to be aware of their prejudices ... more
Shares soar over bricks'n'mortar - 28th JULY 2006
Michael Pascoe - Futurewealth magazine
Nice to get a bouquet rather than the brickbats I usually receive. ... more
Negative Gearing - 21st May 2006
Scott Pape - Herald-Sun
Scott takes a less favourable view of the property love affair ... more
Market comments - 24th April 2006
Bill Miller - Legg Mason
A reminder that this time won't be different! ... more
STOCKS: The Asset of Choice for the Long Run- 9th MARCH 2006
Jeremy Siegel -
A reminder of what real wealth creation is all about. ... more
Beware of the growth trap - 23rd FEBRUARY 2006
Jeremy Siegel -
This is one answer to the pointless debate over 'growth' versus 'value'. ... more
Property investors hit hard - 6th MAY 2006
Matt Wade - Sydney Morning Herald-Age
The inevitable creeps slowly closer. ... more
Take a LICing - 29th September 2004
Annette Sampson - The Age
Annette Sampson compares managed share funds and listed investment companies. The strategy To work out whether I'm better off in a managed share fund or a listed investment company (LIC). ... more
Hedging in a volatile climate -12th March 2005
John Collett - The Age
Hedge Funds; a new asset class? I think not. ... more
Multi manager, good or bad? - 8th June 2005
Michelle Innis - Sydney Morning Herald-Age
Multi manager, good or bad? ... more
This little piggy bought shares ... teach kids finance -22nd May 2005
Debra Cleveland - Sun Herald
Some basic investment principles for children ... more
Dividends count most in the long run.- 12th february 2005
Graham Searjeant - The Times (UK)
Another wonderful article underlining the vital importance of dividends for serious investors. It also raises the topic of the malignant American system of no dividends and share buy-backs. ... more
Beyond the near horizon - 6th March 2004
Simon Hoyle - Sydney Morning Herald
The toughest part of investing is getting ones mind around the "Long Term". ... more
Risk and Riches - 29th October 2003
Peter Freeman - Bulletin
There is no fast lane to riches - it's either a canny approach and a long wait, or taking a risk and hoping the odds go with you ... more
Stay Cool - 4th February 2004
Annette Sampson - Sydney Morning Herald
There's no big secret to making money - just a few basic principles, hard work, and an eye on the future, ... more
When I'm 104 - 15th October 2003
Annette Sampson - Sydney Morning Herald
Increasing lifespans, not to mention dramatically lower interest rates, have forced many people to rethink the traditional financial retirement model. ... more
If we're all getting richer, why do we feel so poor - 22nd Aug 2003
Julie Macken & David Bassanese - Australian Financial Review
a not-so-simple story about rising expectations and recalibrated desire. ... more
Real benefits of dividends may lose out to the gleam of potential gains - 31st August 2003
Barry Dunstan - Australian Financial Review
After only a few months of rising share market prices, many investors are in danger of losing their focus on real returns and, instead, may be starting to fantasise again about capital gains. Smart investors, however, will be looking at the more subs ... more
It's good to share- 27th August 2003
Annette Sampson - Sydney Morning Herald
Australians are notoriously fickle when it comes to the sharemarket, either chasing over-valued stocks or jumping at shadows. Is it time to change our thinking on shares? Annette Sampson reports. ... more
Commercial sector not without its risks - 5th June 2003
Robert Harley - Australian Financial Review
But with one of the two tenants about to vacate, investors in the syndicate will struggle to get their money back ... more
Switch over to the stock market- May 2003
Martin Fagan - Personal Finance (UK)
A casual glance at any issue of the Radio Times will reveal a host of property-related programmes, such as Property Ladder, DIY SOS, Home Front, Changing Rooms, House Doctor, Location, Location, Location – and that’s just prime time on the five terre ... more
FLAT RETURNS-21 August 2002
Pam Walkley - Bulletin
Buyers who snapped up inner-city apartments in Sydney and Melbourne hoping for a goldmine have been generally disappointed. Pam Walkley spots the winners and losers. ... more
Look at the ratios for dividends-24th May 2003
Annette Sampson - Sydney Morning Herald
Companies which pay decent dividends have become a safe haven for sharemarket investors in the past couple of years ... more
Dividends Back in Vogue -30th March 2003
Jean Scheidnes - Reuters
"For people who don't know much about stocks, which I didn't, my advice is to buy blue-chips and hold on," ... more
Wall Street turns back to dividends.- 3rd April 2003
Ben Wilmot - Australian Financial Review
What a farcical result when compared to the "growth" crap that has come out of the US in the last 3-4 years. ... more
Incomes rise for those prepared to hold- 17th March 2003
Barry Dunstan - Australian Financial Review
Slowly but surely investors are beginning to realise that the real measure of their investment returns will soon be showing up as the latest interim dividends drop into their bank accounts or letterboxes. ... more
Avoid the debt trap and save a packet- 1st February 2003
Deborah Cleveland - Australian Financial Review
Put that credit card away, think again if you're about to sign your life away for that gorgeous car, and reconsider taking an overseas holiday. Because if you're like most 20-somethings, two things stand in your path to prosperity an over-ambitious l ... more
Trouble ahead for the economy- 24th January 2003
Gerry van Wyngen - Australian Financial Review
Our model economic management is a myth. Exports have not grown for two years, the worst performance since the credit squeeze years of the early 1960s. Exports to Asia's new dynamos are falling. The feelgood property boom has diverted attention from ... more
You must yield to dividend temptation- 19th January 2003
David Koch - Sydney Morning Herald
I'VE said it before, but in these uncertain times it is worth shouting from the rooftops again and again: when investing in the sharemarket, don't underestimate the power of dividends. ... more
US will reap dividends by ending double taxation- 10th January 2003
Burton Malkiel - Australian Financial Review
The firestorm of criticism that greeted President George Bush's proposal to eliminate the income taxes individuals pay on dividends was fierce - and predictable. Critics have attacked the plan for favouring the wealthy without any beneficial effect o ... more
Owe, the pain of dirty debt most foul- 28th December 2002
James Dunn - The Australian
There's nothing wrong with getting yourself into debt. What's important is whether it's clean or dirty, as James Dunn reports ... more
Playing the Dividend Market- 19th December 2002
Richard Teitelbaum -
With income stocks, you don't just get the chicken, you get the eggs too. The trick is to pick 'em right. ... more
After the Bubble- 1st September 2002
Jeremy Siegel - Financial Planning Interactive
A look at a century of investing puts a couple of really bad years in perspective, as investors move from irrational exuberance to irrational despondency. ... more
Hard lessons, happy returns- A REVIEW OF MY BOOK BY BARRY DUNSTAN- 20th December 2002
Barry Dunstan - Australian Financial Review
There are some important lessons for smart investors to learn at the end of a pretty nasty investment year. The lessons are, basically, to understand what investment is all about. ... more
HOW TO RETIRE RICH- 23rd October 2002
Peter Freeman - Bulletin
What does it take to become rich? Financial specialists say the two key ingredients are starting to save at an early age and having the courage to take risks. Peter Freeman outlines the strategy. ... more
Relax, we're not down gurgler- 22nd July 2002
James Dunn - The Australian
A LITANY of investment cliches – some contradictory – is running through the heads of investors at the moment as they contemplate the eerily volatile state of the share market in what brokers are calling the "Great Bear" market of 2001-02. ... more
Stars and Strife- 27th November 2002
John Collett - Sydney Morning Herald
Funds researchers are locked into a battle, the outcome of which could affect how Australians invest for years to come. ... more
Time to get a flying start- 16th October 2002
Annette Sampson - Sydney Morning Herald
The rich get richer and the young get the picture, but what can generations X and Y do to get ahead? ... more
The Loan Hand- 14th August 2002
Peter Freeman - Bulletin
Deciding whether or not to borrow to invest is challenging enough. Working out how best to do it can be even more demanding. ... more
Gearing to Grow- 14th August 2002
Peter Freeman - Bulletin
It has been a smooth ride for Australians who have utilised gearing over the past five years. Peter Freeman says even now, when global bourses are shaky, gearing can be profitable – as long as it's part of a clear, long-term strategy ... more
Money to live on- 21st August 2002
Barbara Drury - Sydney Morning Herald
In Jane Austen's day a person's wealth was measured in terms of how much they ``had" a year. Almost the first thing the reader learns about Mr Darcy is that he is rumoured to have $10,000 a year. In other words, wealth was defined by income generated ... more
Open wounds in funds- 14th August 2002
Barry Dunstan - Australian Financial Review
All is not well in the allocated pension and annuity market - a $34 billion (and growing) sector of funds management which is providing retirement incomes for thousands of Australians. ... more
Passing the buck-Greenback- 8th August 2002
Stephen Ellis - The Australian
US investors want dividends, not promises. AFTER all the hand-wringing over the tech crash, now comes the anguish over tech cash. The most successful US technology companies are drowning in money, much generated in the 1990s. ... more
Crisis of confidence- 24th July 2002
Warren Buffet - New York Times
OMAHA - There is a crisis of confidence today about corporate earnings reports and the credibility of chief executives. And it's justified. ... more
Key to wealth rests simply in discipline 20th March 2002
Jocelyn Eastway - Australian Financial Review
Trying to build wealth can be like trying to run an obstacle course. Just as you feel you're making some progress, something gets in the way to slow you down ... more
Top tips on how to accumulate maximum wealth as you head for retirement 18th August 2001
Jocelyn Eastway - Australian Financial Review
People building wealth for retirement often have two broad types of income they need to make important decisions about: salary or business income, and investment income. In each case, the way they choose to derive the income, and what they decide ... more
Joining the dots 4th April 2000
Annette Sampson - Sydney Morning Herald
The rush to cash in on the dot.com share boom is changing not just how we invest, but our very way of life, writes Annette Sampson. ... more
When cheap means value bonanza 27th July 2002
James Dunn - The Australian
AUSTRALIAN investors find themselves in a situation just like Christmas Day: they know that the bargains are ready, but the doors leading to the big sales are not yet open. ... more
How green is my money? 22nd August 2001
John Synnott - Sun Herald
The rules of a clean and fair planet also put a shine on shares, writes John Collett. Companies that are good corporate citizens tend to perform better in the long run and do their investors proud. That's what the United States consultant McKinse ... more
Next Telstra sell-off sets nerves jangling 23rd June 2002
John Synnott - Sun Herald
Call centre sales worker Janice Reid has almost $280,000 of Telstra shares hanging on the line. Two million Telstra shareholders got that familiar sinking feeling recently as their $7.40 shares briefly dipped below $4.50. They closed on Friday ... more
STEADY AS SHE GROWS 16th January 2002
Peter Freeman - Bulletin
Sharemarket uncertainty means investors are better off sticking with solid industrials paying good dividends rather than betting on growth stocks, writes Peter Freeman. ... more
LESSONS OF THE FALL 21st March 2001
Peter Freeman - Bulletin
Wall Street has been hit hard and may be set to fall even further. Not surprisingly, even the optimists are finding it hard to see anything positive about this sharp correction. Yet among all the pain there is one worthwhile aspect that needs to be h ... more
Don't let great expectations get in the way of the facts 12th August 2000
Annette Sampson - Sydney Morning Herald
Hands up if you are one of those investors who was just a wee bit disappointed with NRMA's sharemarket listing this week. Be honest. We all know we got the shares for nothing and should be happy that they came on to the market at a premium to the fac ... more
Seven Deadly Sins
Jocelyn Eastway - Australian Financial Review
If you think you're such a legend that you don't need professional financial advice, then you're guilty of pride - the first, and arguably the worst, of the seven deadly sins. Investment was probably the last thing on people's minds when they coin ... more
Many miss out on managed funds as they stick to old ways 11th May 2002
Annette Sampson - The Sydney Morning Herald Online
Education is seen as the key to investing in managed funds. Annette Sampson reports. A profile of Australian investors has shown that many people still lack understanding of managed funds. While investors who use financial planners are likely t ... more