Empower Blog Property & Financial Investment

Retirement: where to start

While many of us dream about the day we finally get to give up work and reap the benefits of our blood, sweat and tears, we often struggle to plan for it. After all, in the scuffle of immediate priorities, saving and planning for retirement don’t always make it to the top of the pile. But there’s a good chance you could be spending almos...

Read More

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

Good day, Ben Kingsley here, for what has become a bit of a tradition with our annual Christmas message. I'm getting a little bit older, I think, and now having to wear the glasses. I probably look a little bit more like Santa Claus, probably just need the gray beard. But it's coming, everyone. I just wanted to say, it has been a pretty in...

Watch Video

RBA Cash Rate December 2021: Has the Property Market Lost its Bullish Mojo?

It’s the final RBA Announcement for the year so there are lots to catch up on folks! The most important question is… are we finally seeing an end to the property market’s bullish mojo? Tune in to this episode where Ben unpacks that and three other key themes for this month’s economic update: Should we be preparing ourselves for th...

Watch Video

RBA Cash Rate November 2021: Lending Standards To Change?

It’s Melbourne Cup RBA Cash Rate Day folks! In the past, the Reserve Bank of Australia tends to change the rate on race day. Did they change the cash rate as well this year? Most definitely NOT. They simply can’t afford to make any changes to the cash rate yet. Why? Tune in to find out more where Ben unpacks three key themes for this ...

Watch Video

The Top 5 Tax Planning Rules Every Property Investor Must Understand

Talking Property Tax with Julia Hartman: Episode 1 You can’t avoid it, so you might as well learn to understand it. Better still, the more you know about it, the more you can ‘work’ with it, instead of working against it. What are we talking about? Tax. Getting the right tax advice can result in vastly improved financ...

Watch Video

RBA Cash Rate October 2021: Lending Standards To Change?

G'day. Ben Kingsley here with my October economic and RBA update. There's lots to explore with the key themes around how the pandemic is continuing to rule over sustained economic recovery for both the world economy and also our domestic economy. China's now on an economic watch. So, we'll talk more about that. And then finally, we'll round th...

Watch Video

RBA Cash Rate September 2021: Australia’s Planned Recovery NOT So Predictable?

Good day everyone, I'm back with the update, the economic and RBA update for September 2021. It's been a while, but let's get into it. We're going to talk about the Delta disruptor. We're going to be looking ahead to the $64 million question about how consumers will respond once our two biggest economies open up? We're also going to see ...

Watch Video

RBA Cash Rate June 2021: Inflation Risk – How Bad Is It?

Hello, and welcome to the June economic and RBA update. My themes for this month are: Settle down, people, settle down – there's too much commentary about the inflation risk story, so I want to go there. This month it's all about the positive business data as they join the economic party. And finally, well, we're back in lockdown fo...

Watch Video

RBA Cash Rate May 2021:

Hi, Ben Kingsley here with the latest economic update and the RBA update for May. The verdict is well and truly in — when money is cheap, the world goes around faster. We're basically seeing that show up now. The other important news is around inflation – and we're going to see this word, “transitionary” as the new buzzword. The p...

Watch Video

RBA Cash Rate April 2021: The Return of The Roaring 20’s!

Hi, Ben Kingsley here with the economic and RBA update for April, 2021. There's plenty of data and economic news in this month's announcement, but the three big takeaways I'll be covering are: Will we see a repeat of The Roaring 20’s!?! RBA stays on message Property is HOT! The RBA kept the cash rate at 1% and are in no rush to in...

Watch Video

RBA Cash Rate March 2021: Property Prices Break 17 Year Record!

Hi, Ben Kingsley here with the economic and RBA update for March, 2021. Lots going on. We are definitely seeing momentum building in the Australian and global economies. And that has seen a few bears poking their heads up in regards to the inflation and the risk of a spike in inflation around that. But the central bankers around the world aren't g...

Watch Video

RBA Cash Rate February 2021: “Up, Up & Away” For The Aussie Property Market…?

Well, here we go again. It's February 2021 and it's time for another economic update. Now, I do these economic updates every month from February to December. My name is Ben Kingsley and I'm the Managing Director of Empower Wealth. And you're receiving this video presentation because you're an Empower Wealth customer. And so we're delighted to b...

Watch Video

Merry Christmas & What A Year!

Good day, Ben Kingsley here with my annual Christmas message. I do this every year to our valued Empower Wealth clients and I just wanted to share an important message in what has been certainly one of the most interesting and challenging years that we will never forget. I want to focus in on a theme around having a plan because we did see when...

Watch Video