Let’s start with the elephant in the room.

Australia’s inflation rate has come in at 6.1% for the year and the Reserve Bank Of Australia (RBA) has raised official interest rates again for the second month in a row by 0.5%.

These rate increases since May 2022 have had the effect of slowing, stopping and now slightly reversing capital growth in Australian residential housing in 5 of the 8 capital cities. At the same time rents are generally strong and rising.

Over in the U.S, inflation for the year came in at 9.1% and their economy is officially in recession, defined as two consecutive quarters of negative growth.
Also, for the second month in a row, the Federal Reserve (it’s not Federal, it has no reserves) raised interest rates another 0.75% which is having a major negative effect on U.S. residential housing in many areas.

So if this trend continues, as I think it will, Australian residential property could be in for a tough time over the next 6 months.

Now what I find interesting is if you look at national inflation rates globally as reported on www.tradingeconomics.com significantly rising inflation has become the norm in large western countries, not the exception, as is the case with collapsing economies of countries like Zimbabwe, Argentina, Syria, North/South Sudan etc.

Does this mean the global economy is finally collapsing under the weight of unsustainable debt levels, corruption and supply chain destruction? I guess time will tell and with so much geopolitical risk and uncertainty, it’s a good time to re-assess things.

As I’ve mentioned before, I think globalism is dead moving forward, and every country needs to become as self-sufficient as possible. More importantly every family and individual needs to become as self-sufficient as possible for a resilient future.

Financially this brings up the notion of Assets vs Cashflow, which is the topic of my success tip video below. It features two sets of clients that have been with me over the past 11 years and their similar but differing stories and strategies. Don’t get me wrong, both are very successful, but you want to invest a portion of your cashflow accumulating buy and hold assets in your younger years that will throw off cashflow sufficient to take care of your to lifestyle expenses passively, in your older years without you having to work again.

The sooner this is achieved the better.

Investing is kind of like planting a fruit tree today that will feed you and your family for generations to come.

Speaking of cashflow, for those of you in a small or family-owned business, this months gift of the month is a PDF report I wrote many years ago when doing business coaching for my clients titled; “13 Quick Cash Generating Techniques for Any Business in Tough Times”.

Use it to increase your cashflow to accumulate assets to build generational wealth.

No live webinars planned this month as I’m choosing to wait and see the direction of the stock, crypto and property markets in the next few weeks.

I’m using this time to work on my physical, mental, emotional and spiritual health and to have a lot of fun with like-minded souls.

Be sure to check out our experts success tip videos and…

Until next month, be awesome!