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Back in the early 2000’s there was a rash of media coverage about safe rooms or panic rooms. It was an armoured room built inside a house where the occupant could ride out a bad situation while waiting for law enforcement to arrive. The rooms became prevalent among wealthy people who lived in urban areas […]

Volatility Makes Its Return

February 10, 2018

Well, there it is. The correction that we’ve been told has been coming every month since January 2017, finally arrived. Over? Probably not, but it was needed. Needed? Yes needed. Nothing in life comes for free. 2017 was an extremely rare year where the entrants enjoyed a free pass to the park and none of […]

Advice Gap With SMSF Losses?

February 3, 2018

The allure of the self-managed super fund is control and freedom. The freedom to choose the path to retirement riches. There’s also the freedom to make mistakes and according to a new report those mistakes have cost SMSF investors $103 billion over the past 10 years. Delving into Rainmaker Information’s report “At What Price: The […]

The reason our AFSL remains outside the structure of a large bank or institution is because our goal is to allow advisers to provide the best financial advice to their clients. Instead, FYG Planners remain a privately owned Australian Financial Services Licensee (AFSL), managed by a board of current financial advisers with a commitment to the […]

2017 Year In Review

January 26, 2018

Economic Overview Once again, the investment strategy of maintaining discipline and holding for the long term won out over reacting to media forecasts and predictions from hyperventilating partisans. In January 2017 CNBC suggested Wall Street was the most bearish they’d been in 12 years, as it turned out, the global economy continued to strengthen as […]