Archive for July, 2010

Posted on July 17th, 2010 by by Scott

Offers to buy your shares – Hassle Free Share Sales

A former client of mine got a letter in the mail last week.
It looked very similar to other letters you might get directly from the company (for example if the company was involved in a merger or takeover).
Here is what it said:
HFSS offers to buy the 544 BHP shares you own for $8,611.52 on the [...]

Posted on July 15th, 2010 by by Scott

Saving money on food – live on $2 a day

I was doing a bit of facebook flicking at lunch. I saw the following update from a guy I haven’t seen for ages:
Please consider sponsoring me to eat for $2 a day (August 2 -6th) My target is $1000, for every $250 above this mark I will stay below the line ($2 a day) for another day.
To [...]

Posted on July 11th, 2010 by by Scott

Habits

Well its into July now – happy new financial year!
A new financial year could mean a new start or a fresh look at things. Or I suppose it could mean nothing at all.
One thing I’ve been thinking about in the last week is habits.
Habits
Before my nephew (4) and niece (1.5) go to bed there is [...]