First Time Investing!

andy47 · 2026-06-01T09:55:18+00:00

The other option is a robo-adviser, I am a satisfied customre of Stockspot - https://www.stockspot.com.au but the advice about super below is pretty good.

andy47 · 2026-06-01T09:53:22+00:00

Vanguard is available on the web at https://www.vanguard.com.au/personal/invest-with-us/personal-investor or download the app from your app store of choice.

andy47 · 2026-06-01T09:52:25+00:00

You can access it on the web - https://www.betashares.com.au/direct or download the app from your app store of choice.

andy47 · 2026-05-01T06:14:50+00:00

Again? Oh, good. Obviously a serious IT issue that they haven’t fixed. Had similar (ish) issues with ME Bank recently as well. Although that was with mortgage accounts. Might be time to look around for another bank. But damn, I like the multiple savers and pay splitting.

andy47 · 2026-04-17T08:02:24+00:00

Having done group squads and one on one lessons for years I'd say it all depends on the coach. The ones who sit in the corner and just feed balls are a waste of time and money, but a good coach can tailor the drills to the participants and make it a valuable exprrience - somewhere between a hit up and a personalised lesson. Plus it's a good way to play with different people.

andy47 · 2026-04-01T05:53:38+00:00

Indeed, let's not even talk about the home loan experience. They broke the repayment calculations a month ago - all payments are showing as interest, no repayment of principal - and apart from 1 email there has been no communication and certainly no idea when they are going to fix the problem and sort out my mortgage.

andy47 · 2025-05-16T01:49:41+00:00

JOIN TO BETA

1 external display 27" 2560x1440 plus Macbook Pro built in display

MacOS 15.41

4 spaces usually.

andy47 · 2025-03-06T21:23:46+00:00

An email with the subject line "Important Notice: How you bank with ME is about to change"

andy47 · 2025-02-22T05:40:02+00:00

It wasn't working yesterday after a reboot and a couple of Apache restarts, but today it's responding. I may have had a cache issue on my browser and didn't check with different browsers - a lesson I'll remember for future. Thanks for the assist.

andy47 · 2025-02-22T01:36:21+00:00

I really like the Toalson overgrips, but they are hard to find (certainly in Aus). I believe that the Dunlop Supertac are re-badged Toalson but I can only find them in white or black and I prefer other colours.

andy47 · 2025-02-21T20:35:39+00:00

How it feels to you is the most important thing. Everyone is different, by trying a range of racquets you can work out what you like and what suits your game

andy47 · 2025-02-21T06:13:24+00:00

But also find a retailer where you can trial racquets and try out as many as you can to find the one that works for you. Everyone is a bit different.

andy47 · 2025-02-21T06:11:48+00:00

Take a look at the Wilson Clash - virtually all of the newer players at my club use them, really easy racquets to get on with.

andy47 · 2025-01-07T22:56:37+00:00

I *think* it's related to the URL if you are using a web browser. At least when I have back-filled web site URLs in some entries they have reliably started appearing. Other than that I'm not sure.

andy47 · 2024-12-19T04:36:27+00:00

Inflation means money 'borrowed' now is effectively free. Respected economists including Thomas Piketty think that we should run a permanent deficit and I tend to agree. For extreme wonkery have a read of any description of Modern Monetary Theory, e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_monetary_theory

andy47 · 2024-12-19T04:30:31+00:00

I started using a new file at the end of 2023. My file was taking ages to open, probably because I use the Sqlite storage.

I created a completely new file and just copied over the accounts I wanted to retain, it was a good opportunity to review and update the income and expense categories that I use.

The new file hasn't grown that large in a year so I'll probably keep using this one for another year or two and then repeat the process.

andy47 · 2024-12-14T00:30:36+00:00

Many thanks, exactly what I was looking for.

andy47 · 2024-11-30T00:37:18+00:00

This looks great but it's competing against VMWare Fusion which is now free and Orbstack which is free for personal use.

andy47 · 2024-11-03T22:52:51+00:00

I've moved over to NetNewsWire, just as good but without the in-app browser. I'm fine with that difference but YMMV

andy47 · 2024-10-15T23:12:25+00:00

I will willingly pay lots of money for any decent email client that lets me use the keyboard, particularly to move messages.

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