With a new year comes the return of my net worth update posts. The arrival of Ikonz Jr made it pretty difficult to update my net worth charts over November and December, but now that I’m back in the swing, it’s time to assess how my net worth is tracking. And the news is…. …ok. […]

I’ve been waiting and waiting. Peer to peer lending in Australia! It’s finally here! What is peer to peer lending? Peer to peer sound familiar? P2P? Remember Napster? Remember Limewire? These two file sharing sites were based on peer to peer sharing, meaning you were sharing your files directly with someone (or multiple people) at […]

I’m constantly trying to think of new money making ideas, but I really never take the time to sit down and really work through the ideas or explore them more than just letting them be a fleeting thought. So I decided to see how many money making ideas I could think of. View image | […]

It’s that time of year again, time to start planning an upcoming holiday. This year, I want to see how to live large in the US! I’ve been to the States a number of times before, so I’m already across some of the tips and tricks for maximising the benefit of bookings etc. I covered […]

View image | gettyimages.com You’d have to be living in a hole to not know who Kim Kardashian is. You’d have to be a genius to know exactly what makes her famous though. She’s famous for no reason! So over New Years, I started thinking, can I be famous for no reason as well? 2015 […]

I often ask myself why don’t young people focus on being rich? It’s a simple equation: The younger you start building wealth the great the chance you have of being rich. With a baby on the way (only a few more weeks to go), I’m starting to think about the financial lessons I wish someone […]

I had an interesting chat with a mate on the weekend and he said something very interesting regarding some share investment opportunities. I’m not sure he meant to say what he said, but the way it came out made me remember my very early days of investing and how I viewed the value of a […]

September was a crap month and my October net worth update looks worse, but it isn’t really. My October bottom line was hammered by quarterly expenses rather than large equity market downturns like I saw in August and September. Jan-14 Sep-14 Oct-14 MoM movement $ MoM movement Assets           Property 642,000 […]

Wow! What a crap month! Not surprising to follow an amazing month of huge net worth gains with such a terrible month. My September net worth update is my worst so far; by a loooooong way! I can’t say I’m surprised by anything that’s happened in September, but I can say that I’m not happy! […]

For those of you playing at home, you’d know that I’m a terrible saver, but I love a challenge. In order to force myself to save more, I started the Spare Change Challenge. I started the most recent round of saving back in June, after returning from a trip to the US with Mrs Ikonz. […]