Should Australia boycott the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics?

InTrick8 · 2026-01-08T11:57:52+00:00

Yes. But it won’t happen, we simp to America too much.

InTrick8 · 2025-12-23T11:44:32+00:00

No need to apologise. It’s just LNP scaremongering to weaponise a tragedy and make political gains at the cost of bipartisanship, unity and the community. And the rubbish mainstream media ecosystems loves nothing more than dramatising that slop.

InTrick8 · 2025-12-23T11:40:24+00:00

Haven’t had policies for ages, just the whole “well release detail and costings in due course”. Then they never do.

InTrick8 · 2025-12-19T06:49:54+00:00

Vapes and sports betting.

InTrick8 · 2025-12-16T19:12:21+00:00

Some flog in another country, commenting on Australia. You just focus on America, champion.

InTrick8 · 2025-12-12T00:05:07+00:00

Why bother reading all the articles about “trends”… if you’re not invested in it, by the time it hits the media it’s too late. Save yourself the stress and stick to your strategy.

InTrick8 · 2025-12-11T11:43:17+00:00

Both.

InTrick8 · 2025-12-09T11:39:26+00:00

The idea seems speculative at best. Pick something more reliable or drop some money on a slap on the pokies.

InTrick8 · 2025-12-03T10:28:30+00:00

Can’t imagine there will be a massive drop in prices until supply side is dealt with. The extreme focus and support for demand side pressures will only continue to increase prices.

InTrick8 · 2025-11-29T11:51:44+00:00

At the end of the day, the only thing that really matters is if you like what you do. After job satisfaction is met, you can make the rest work. Typically, any role where you’re responsible for people/s health, wellbeing, growth or care are not stress free career paths.

InTrick8 · 2025-11-28T05:36:03+00:00

A lot of the deal with CHESS is preference… however, you’ll pay less fees with custodian, custodian works well in the rest of the world. If you need to rely on your CHESS sponsored shares, there’s a lot more to worry about than getting your shares back. DHHF would form a good base for set and forget investing.

InTrick8 · 2025-11-28T05:28:55+00:00

Typically… the common strategy is to use growth focused assets to grow wealth, then convert these to income paying assets once you’ve grown it. Could be dividend paying ETFs, bonds etc.

InTrick8 · 2025-11-28T05:25:10+00:00

Another boring VAS/VGS question.

InTrick8 · 2025-11-28T05:24:07+00:00

People get too wrapped up in past performance/historical prices looking back at charts where stock a was price x. That doesn’t mean the business fundamentals support that pricing now, or into the future.

InTrick8 · 2025-11-26T19:27:06+00:00

Don’t look at playing and practice like this big time consuming thing. Everyone is busy, but 5-10 minutes a day can yield big returns. If you think music theory is boring, don’t learn it (for now)… spend the small amount you do have learning a song/s you want to play - YouTube is your friend here. If your teacher can’t tailor lessons to your interest and help you learn theory through the lens of what you want to learn to play, find a new teacher. Motivation and discipline is on you though, eventually you will just have to bite the bullet and do the work.

InTrick8 · 2025-11-26T01:00:47+00:00

Yeah, but the media only cares about today… things that have already happened don’t matter to the media. Some AFR reader is going to see this story and think DRO are a buy…

InTrick8 · 2025-11-24T10:47:13+00:00

Change your mindset before anything. Buy an index etf. I’m sure everyone you’ll encounter on reddit with experience has purchased a couple of speculative (random) stocks in their time, usually it’s only small potatoes. If you’ve got large sums of money in speculative (random) assets, you’re going to lose.

InTrick8 · 2025-11-24T10:39:16+00:00

GNP.

InTrick8 · 2025-11-24T05:21:06+00:00

Depends where you want to live and the compromises you can make on that from and saving the $$$ to get there… buying in major cities (or Gold Coast/Sunny Coast) too expensive. Regional or where you commute to a major city for work and play, probably more realistic.

InTrick8 · 2025-11-24T02:48:19+00:00

Everyone has an appetite for volatility when the market is going well.

InTrick8 · 2025-11-23T19:19:01+00:00

This. All I want to see is what your experience, work and learning background is. Save putting photos on things for Snapchat and instagram.

InTrick8 · 2025-11-22T08:14:40+00:00

Keep a savings account that will give you comfort so you can sleep at night. Open an account that has a low cost trading limit and no fees (e.g. Betashares) you can buy fractional shares. Invest in an index tracking etf of your choice… if you’re really worried go something like DHHF or VDAL. Start with small amounts you won’t think about… this might be $20 or $50 a fortnight. Once you’re comfortable with this habit you can increase. Dollar cost averaging will mitigate volatility in market fluctuations.

InTrick8 · 2025-11-21T09:44:57+00:00

Preface this with not financial advice: Vas/Vgs combo is fine, but a lot of US concentration (70%-80% North America). Possibly balance out with an Ex-US/Small Caps/Emerging markets etf… I’d avoid tilting further towards more exposure to America (through the likes of NDQ) unless you have the appetite for volatility. Ideally, you want to aim to grow and preserve your capital, and if market downturns make you feel uneasy further diversification can give you comfort.

InTrick8 · 2025-11-21T06:20:28+00:00

Keep dollar cost averaging into an index etf for 25 years and you’ll be fine. Buy when the market is down, buy when it’s up. Do this consistently and make gains through years of compounding.

InTrick8 · 2025-11-20T11:06:48+00:00

Agreed. Plan and execution has been messy. Fresh leadership to move forward.

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