Financial Autonomy

If you catch a snippet of the radio in the morning on your way to work, you’re likely to hear what happened to the Dow Jones overnight. If you read your news online or watch the news on TV it’s likely you’ll hear about the All Ords or maybe the ASX200.  You might even come across acronyms like the NASDAQ and the FTSE. Probably, you know this is something to do with share markets. If you turn your mind to it a bit more, you probably know that the share market is where people buy and sell shares in companies like Telstra or BHP. Maybe you have in mind that the share market is risky and people lose their money sometimes. Well, if this is about the extent of your share market knowledge, you’re not alone, and this episode’s for you. I think it’s fair to assume that you have an interest in achieving financial independence.  That is what we’re all about here. In working towards that goal, building wealth is likely to be an important feature. With wealth you can generate investment income with which you can then liv