“Have you seen the price of gold?” “What about gold?” “Is there a reason you don’t invest in gold? These are common but also intermittent questions. An investment that has recently increased in value will receive attention. Its proponents will talk about it. The media will cover it. People want to know more about it. This waxes and wanes. Middling performance isn’t so exciting. It doesn’t attract attention. People don’t want to know. Gold is up right now. People want to know. Unlike various other investments that emerge, we don’t dispute gold’s legitimate status as an asset or a commodity.…

You might remember it. Though it seems so long ago right now. There was a big kerfuffle. It was about franking credit cash refunds. In short, former Labor leader Bill Shorten was going to do away with them. In response, Australia’s self-funded retirees made it their mission to do away with Bill Shorten. Retirees: 1. Bill Shorten: 0. Less than a year on. There has been fire. There has been pandemic. Bill Shorten might be feeling better about losing that election. What about those retirees? Highly doubtful they want Mr Shorten back, but he did present them with an opportunity.…