Author: Andrew Woodward

More money is a common desire. Money is the middleman between us and the quality of life we’re seeking. It’s the tool we use to buy or leverage the things that are most important or essential to our lives. When we think about why we want more money, it’s not usually so we can sit &helli...

Some of the earliest civilizations traded gold and thousands of years later, the intrinsic value of this precious metal still plays an important part in a modern investing portfolio. Unlike paper notes, you can’t just increase the supply of gold by printing more. Gold’s scarcity reinforce...

Investors can fall into two camps. Those who try and time the market and those who spend time in the market. While it can be tempting to try and anticipate and react to market behaviour, some of the worlds most successful investors say real wealth generation comes from playing the long game. Letâ...

Financial freedom. Those two words sound so liberating, don’t they? With individual beliefs and values it makes sense that we all have different ideas of what financial freedom looks like for us personally. In many cases, it isn’t just about money, but the freedom to enjoy life. Maybe your id...

It won’t bring you quick riches, but smart portfolio diversification is key to steadily building wealth over time. Let’s take a look at how diversification works and why it’s important. What is diversification? Diversification does have complex iterations, but the basic concept is to spread...

The path to financial freedom isn’t a get quick rich scheme and except for those Powerball winners, it’s not something that usually ‘just happens’. Building a life of financial independence takes time, hard work and sacrifice. Maybe that doesn’t sound so fun in the short term, but I pro...

There is something magical about compound interest. Einstein even called it the 8th wonder of the world. Or at least people say he did. Either way, it has the power to unlock serious wealth accumulation in the long term. The best part? It’s so simple, even the most unsavvy investor can take adv...

Money stress… at some point in time everybody will have experienced it. In fact, if you believe the media headlines, more people are suffering money stress than are not. With financial markets across the globe delicately poised, I thought it would be a good time to look at how you can manage or...

Following on from last week, here are five more mindset principles that lead to financial freedom. When you combine the two sets of five principles you have a very powerful set of tools to guide your money journey. For some these mindset principles might seem too woo woo, and maybe you want to cl...

If I was to pinpoint the most influential ‘thing’ on my wealth journey it would have to be Harv Eker’s book Secrets of The Millionaire Mind. The mindset principles that he described in that book had the most profound effect on my life. They effectively changed the course of my journey…. I...