By Greg Major, Financial Advisor An SMSF friendly budget is the good news coming out of the 2018-19 Federal Budget. With SMSF members still working through the wide-reaching and complex superannuation changes which took effect from 1 July 2017, this Federal Budget will provide much needed stability while looking to reduce costs for SMSFs and […]
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The 2018-19 Budget will be the last before the next election (due by May 2019) and so had to provide pre-election goodies but in a way that keeps the return to surplus on track. Thanks to an improvement in the Budget position since the Mid-Year review, of around $7bn per annum, this has been made […]
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By David Baruffi, Financial Advisor With Australians marrying later in life and staying married for longer, the median age of divorce has risen over the last 20 years. It now stands at 45.3 years for males and 42.7 years for females. Couples who remain together into their 50s experience a lower divorce rate than younger […]
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By Dee Chan, Financial Advisor As we approach retirement some people start to panic a little wondering if they are truly looking forward to the time of their life when they no longer have to work. All of a sudden something they have been pining for is becoming real! Instead of worrying, have a read […]
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By Dee Chan, Financial Advisor Each year in early May, the Treasurer delivers the Federal Budget and many people across Australia listen intently. The Budget tells us how the government plans to spend its revenue in the coming year, whether it can afford to give us tax cuts, and whether it expects to spend more […]
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We are pleased to announce that three of Blueprint Wealth’s financial planners have been awarded The Beddoes Institute 2018 Most Trusted Advisers. Congratulations to David Baruffi, Dee Chan and Brad Martin on this outstanding achievement. Most Trusted Advisers are selected based on the results of an independent survey conducted by The Beddoes Institute and completed […]
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Geopolitical events like Brexit and Donald Trump’s election in the US “surprised” investors in 2016 but had no lasting negative impact on global financial markets. By last year investors were well focussed on geopolitical risks – Trump taking over as US President, Eurozone elections, the Communist Party Congress in China and rising risks around North […]
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By Dee Chan, Financial Advisor …love budgeting! I wouldn’t be scared of the ‘B word’ – budgeting. In fact, I’d make a bit of a game of it, tracking where my money was coming from and cracking the mystery of where it was going. There might not be much I could do about my income, […]
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Blueprint Wealth took part in Clean Up Australia Day again this year on the 27th February 2018. Our team of 20 volunteers cleaned up rubbish along the South Perth foreshore and Gentilli Street Boat Ramp. The team collected everything from clothing and bottles to inflatable tubes floating in the river. We are proud to contribute to […]
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By David Baruffi, Financial Advisor During a share market correction or downturn the media will report that a certain market has ‘lost’ billions of dollars. But what happens to all that money and where does it go? Is it really lost? The answer is that it is purely a book figure – a ‘paper loss’. […]
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