2021-09-06 22:28
The state of education is going down the drain in NSW. The Government keeps creating panels and task forces to tackle the growing issue of Australia falling behind in the PISA rankings with… Read More
Blog Directory > Arts & Entertainment Blogs > Humor Blogs > Smart Money Guide humor Blog >
Smart Money Guide Blog
smartmoneyguide.blogspot.com
Tags:
apple
wallacia
app store
loan
kid
ldquonordquo
golf club
book
financial independence
sydney morning herald
With nothing more than an email address, $5.00 and a Business PayPal account, follow one mans adventures to earn $15,000 in just 30 days!
2021-08-28 20:43
Back before COVID. A trip to Japan for snowboarding. Last leg of trip in Tokyo. Thanks to all readers who are still visiting this blog to read. I thought Google would have ranked… Read More
2018-03-06 02:40
The world in Sydney has gone mad. I haven't written for a long time due to the demands of life however, I felt that I had to put pen to paper, figuratively speaking.Councils are designed to… Read More
2018-03-06 00:02
It's been definitely far too long between my blog post. Happy 2018 and I hope this year brings happiness, love, good health... and good investing outcomes -this is after all a personal finan… Read More
2017-01-17 06:55
A development application(commonly referred to as DA) is a formal application to council or the Department of Planning and Environment, by a person/owner/builder wishing to build or alter a… Read More
2016-10-18 04:41
Helen Mirren, yes *the* Hollywood actress Helen Mirren, actually was quoted giving financial advice. She learnt how to manage money from her parents: "I think, really, the most importan… Read More
2016-09-20 03:40
It's been a few years since I checked my credit score. Have you checked yours recently? If you want to borrow money, it's a good idea to go take a look at your credit score first. You don't… Read More
2016-06-15 05:47
You know those days, when bills upon bills just rain down, and then literally for us, when it rained, it poured.Those end of financial year enticements have been luring us for years and now… Read More
2016-04-05 07:15
Have any of you heard about the power of saying yes or no? It's suppose to be a life changing concept to apply. Saying yes or no to people. Its power includes opening up new doors, unlimited… Read More
2016-03-24 06:13
Appillionaires by Chris Stevens (developer of Alice for the iPad and Alice in New York)This book illustrates the story of some of the app world's successful developers and how they arri… Read More
2016-03-21 23:18
Fame can be fleeting. The new generation of sport, music and movie stars have to multi-task and become entrepreneurs if they want to survive life post fame. They don't know when the public w… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
There's been a lot of press lately on first home buyers being sidelined in this frenzied property market.The Sydney Morning Herald(SMH) recently published an article, 'Home deposit hurdle wo… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Have been going through some Spring cleaning otherwise known as Spring dumping and found an old investment magazine from 1997, 'Personal Investment: Shares, Your Next Move'. Good, solid fina… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
When the stock market is sizzling hot, the conversation at parties and gatherings are about share trading and expanding the share portfolio. Similarly, when the property market is booming, f… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Are you a home owner yet? Or a property investor? Are you currently neither but are saving up for your first place?If you haven't bought a property to invest in or live in, then you might be… Read More
2016-03-15 06:39
Michael Lewis wrote an article for April 2015 Vanity Fair, 'Wall Street's Flash Mob', which I found to be reflection of the changing times that we live in. Those with better trading platform… Read More
2016-02-25 02:06
Who would you love to meet?I wish I could have met and known Steve Jobs. He is fiercely inspiring, creative and intelligent. The way he also talks about design, technology, love and passion… Read More
2016-02-18 01:38
It's February, I know. Happy New Year 2016 anyway! I hope you all formed resolutions and are working on them.After only 19 posts in 2015 and 20 posts in 2014, SMG is getting approximately 50… Read More
2015-10-14 05:15
The effort it takes to maintain the house is getting ridiculous. Before when I ignored the garden for the most part (except for my veggie patch), it wasn't too bad. Sure, it takes an ho… Read More
2015-10-13 01:04
No wonder people buy foreign stocks and leave it under the custody of their financial institution or broker. Computershare lodged all the Apple stocks in our names incorrectly and it ha… Read More
2015-10-03 06:33
Melissa Browne is an accountant and author who writes really simple stuff in the paper. I would like to see her writing more gritty articles for us to read. When she writes about the meatier… Read More
2015-10-01 05:12
The Sydney median house price is currently at a whopping $1,017,000.Speculation is always rife regarding property with many campers on both sides of the coin, the ones that believe property… Read More
2015-09-29 05:10
It's been frustrating to see the lack of free, online troubleshooting support for the POS Ezytouch program that I have been working on. I've decided to write some support posts. WARNIN… Read More
2015-09-24 03:54
When you are in your twenties, setting goals such as saving for retirement is really unfathomable to most. The better goal would be to think that you are saving to give yourself choices and… Read More
2015-09-22 02:16
Lately I've been keeping track of the Australian dollar for a few reasons. Not because I'm going on a holiday overseas but for more mundane reasons such as investing. We bought Apple shares… Read More
2015-09-17 00:11
There have been many days where I have deliberated over whether to hire a house cleaner or a gardener for our garden. Time is valuable right?A regularly weekly cleaner would cost $100 to $15… Read More
2015-09-04 06:07
After seeing the option of reverse mortgages being mentioned in the papers too frequently as an option for 'asset rich retirees who are income poor', I just have to put my thoughts out there… Read More
2015-09-03 03:06
"Be Fearful When Others Are Greedy and Greedy When Others Are Fearful" is Warren Buffet's famous quote. The market is really taking a dive currently due to the woes in China. Mr SMG and… Read More
2015-08-28 05:55
"You know, you only live once and we really ought to make the most of it and we ought to be happy", says Bill Bryson, the famous author. He dives into life, "I'm intensely interested in… Read More
2015-08-21 01:50
We bought a few thousand dollars worth of Apple stocks (Nasdaq: AAPL) on 23rd July this year. (Sorry have had to edit some figures out due to privacy issues, ironic given this is a public bl… Read More
2015-08-20 00:51
It's notoriously known that people like to give negative feedback and whinge on the internet. Positive feedback is a lot rarer. So I consciously like to give positive feedback and reviews on… Read More
2015-08-20 00:29
It's been a long time since I have posted regularly and I apologise for that. Google Analytics show that last month page views as you can see is at 7,091 with visitors looking at a few pages… Read More
2015-05-09 06:36
Land banking generally refers to the practice of buying land for investment purposes in the hopes or with expectations that the land will increase in value (capital price appreciation).Wheth… Read More
2015-05-05 07:17
I am constantly surprised and baffled as to why some people just don't spend time on upgrading or improving their knowledge and skills.Today was a classic case of people falling in the typic… Read More
2015-05-01 04:30
Time is that valuable commodity that you will never, ever get back. You could buy anything you want with money but the only thing we will never be able to buy is time that has already passed… Read More
2015-04-30 00:24
The story of how to get rich has been trampled over many times by writers, entrepreneurs and dreamers. Even dreamers know the theory but they don't actively apply the theories. For you to gr… Read More
2015-04-14 02:03
Inspiration. Passion. Effort and perspiration. Working smarter and working harder. All the things that I've been trying to implement in my life.It's been two years since I have posted. Not b… Read More
2013-10-28 09:00
Traffic to this site has been growing exponentially in 2013 even though I haven't really posted much this year. Over 200,000 visits this year bringing the total visit to 311,360 according to… Read More
2013-10-22 10:42
Of all the worthy amazing occupations to be in, being a firefighter is up there.With so many fires burning around Sydney, our local firefighters are heroes.I recall a hot, humid Christmas ma… Read More
Subscribe to Smart Money Guide
Get updates delivered right to your inbox!