Growing Up
GROWING UP I loved the long summer school break as a kid. Spending days at the beach and riding about with my mates. Occasionally we went away for a week or two as [...]
The Dubai Miracle
THE DUBAI MIRACLE You can hear the Land Barons screaming it out now – LOCATION LOCATION LOCATION At Calnan Flack we completely agree, however we go further by describing why location is so [...]
Budget 2018 – Impact on the Property Market
BUDGET 2018 - IMPACT ON THE PROPERTY MARKET Waking this morning to the news of the budget gave me a laugh. I opened an email from The Real Estate Institute of Australia with [...]
17.24% Return for the last 12 Months
17.24% RETURN FOR THE LAST 12 MONTHS I was pumped! The blue ink from my favourite pen permanently marked the page with my messy signature. It was done. Signed! Sealed! The deal completed [...]
Why Do We Continue to Use Economic Theories That DON’T Work?
WHY DO WE CONTINUE TO USE ECONOMIC THEORIES THAT DON'T WORK? There is NO doubt that understanding the Investment & Credit Cycle and how they are underpinned and effected by the underlying [...]
RoboCop
ROBOCOP It was a harsh year 1987. Bad Hair, Bad Market Crash. Bad movies... You see it was in the auspicious year of 1987 that the futuristic sci-fi movie Robocop was made. Fast [...]
The History of the Future
THE HISTORY OF THE FUTURE The History of the Future – sounds like some sort of oxymoron doesn’t it? Bit like the title to my favourite movie “Back to the Future”. [...]
A Giant Step in Lunar Tourism
A GIANT STEP IN LUNAR TOURISM When you think about it, we’ve sent some weird stuff into space. Dogs, chimpanzees, cheese wheels, robots and even astronauts. But earlier this month serial entrepreneur and [...]
End of the Horse
END OF THE HORSE In 1900 it was completely inconceivable as to how the automobile would change society. Who could have predicted the speed at which we moved from the horse and cart [...]
A Modern Twist on the Cantillon Effect
A MODERN TWIST ON THE CANTILLON EFFECT “Same, Same, but different”. That’s how we often describe the cycle. You see if the cycle repeated exactly the same every time, it would be easy [...]
Bubble Economics!
BUBBLE ECONOMICS! When testifying before Congress Allan Greenspan famously said “Bubbles generally are perceptible only after the fact. To spot a bubble in advance requires a judgment that hundreds of thousands of informed [...]
OBike
OBIKE I love coming to Melbourne. Not only is it a chance for me to catch up with friends and investors at events such as the Calnan Flack Investment Club Meetings and Forecasting [...]
