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The Story Behind the Numbers

Hi. Ben Kingsley here. Managing director of Empower Wealth. We're looking at the September real life investor Story Behind the Numbers. I'm delighted to be sharing with you several real live investor stories of some of the great outcomes that we believe we're going to get for our clients moving forward. Now, top line numbers for our Property We...

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The Art of Money Management

Hi, Ben Kingsley here. In this How To Session, I want to talk to you about the art of money management. Some might argue that it's a science but, for me, it's definitely an art. There's no scientific aspect to it, but there are some rules that you need to follow. Most of us have attempted to use a budget before — a very typical or standard budge...

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RBA Cash Rate Decision – November 2018

On this Melbourne Cup Tuesday, Reserve Governor Lowe and the board met and they've kept the cash rate on hold for another month. Really, what we're seeing here is no new stories — inflation is just non-existent. The September CPI data came in at 0.4% increase, which took the annual rate to 2%. Now, the market was expecting a 0.5% increase so w...

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The Power of Knowledge – Property Education is King

For those who listen to The Property Couch podcast, it's no secret that Empower Wealth Founder and Managing Director, Ben Kingsley, is on a crusade to help everyday Australians "up" their knowledge when it comes to property investing and property education. Having spent over 25 years increasing his own knowledge to become an expert in this area...

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The Story Behind The Numbers

Hello, Ben Kingsley here. Welcome to the August edition of The Story Behind the Numbers. It’s been a bit of solid month— just before we're coming into the Spring buying season. We had 22 plans that we created for clients, in terms of next-step Plans or 4 Property Portfolio Plans. We're going to be recommending 19 investment properties for th...

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RBA Cash Rate Decision – October 2018

On this first Tuesday in October, the RBA Board met and, really, the challenge was, “What could they do?” They did very little — probably sipped a bit of tea because there's nothing more for them to do with the cash rate. And this may be the case for several years to come. Now, why is that? Especially considering that the GDP numbers in Ju...

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The Importance of Better Price Point, Better Location, Better Returns

G'day, Ben Kingsley here. In this How-To video I wanted to spend a bit of time in talking about the importance of better price point, better location, better return on investment. So let's switch over now to Google Earth — and here we are. We can see the two marketplaces that I want to show you. I've set the date stamp back to 2000 and I can s...

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RBA Cash Rate Decision – September 2018

Today, the Reserved Governor and the Board met and they kept the cash rate on hold at 1.5% for the first month of spring. There's obviously been a lot happening over the course of the last month. We now have a new prime minister — ScoMo as we like to refer to him — so, Scott Morrison takes over from Malcolm Turnbull. Now, the economy, lik...

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The Story Behind The Numbers

At Empower Wealth, we are truly lucky to work with many different clients from various aspects of life. And the thing we love most is... each and everyone that we've worked with has an inspiring story behind them. Because at the end of the day, we work with real people, real money and real properties. And we build real Plans based on real drea...

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RBA Cash Rate Decision – August 2018

The Reserve Bank Board of Australia met, and they’ve kept the cash rate on hold for another month. We haven't seen a cash rate movement since August of 2016.   Now, on the positive side, we actually saw growth as good — growth is actually going alright. So, that's positive. Business confidence and business investments are actually...

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RBA Cash Rate Decision – July 2018

As we start the new financial year, the Reserve Board met today and, as wildly anticipated, they rinsed and repeated, keeping the cash rate on hold at 1.5%. Now, even though the cash rate is on hold, I believe that what we’re going to see over the course of the next few months — subject to what happens in the Royal Commission — is banks li...

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Sky News Real Estate – Budget 2018 and its affect on Home Owners and Investors

Ben Kingsley joins the Sky News panel to discuss the latest Budget announcement, Budget 2018, and its implications to home owners, first home buyers and investors. So, what’s the overall take on the Budget, and what’s it saying about consumer confidence? Importantly, given that $24.5 billion dollars out of an overall $75 billion spending is ...

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In The Hot Seat with Ben Kingsley

In Money Magazine's May issue, Ben features in The Hot Seat! Check out his answers to the ten questions ...   What was your first job? My first real paying job was actually window cleaning. A guy across the road from where I grew up ran a domestic window-cleaning business. So when I wasn’t studying for my associate diploma in busine...

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