At the end of March, one of those share market newsletters I subscribe to tried spruiking another more premium newsletter dealing with share market volatility, talking about ‘Big Wednesday’ – a period of great volatility and falls. I wrote about that matter at the time. Soon after, the Trump tariff announcements caused some falls, followed …
Author Archives: Ernest Zanatta
Share Market Falls Upwards
This past Thursday, I went to lunch at Jimmy Watson in Lygon Street, as is now my custom one day each month. You see, I have joined what is commonly known as a ‘Bottle Club’ – this is a convivial group of (almost exclusively male) like minded individuals who enjoy fine wine and good company …
Initial Thoughts On The Cessation Of The Liberal-National Coalition
I cannot be bothered being too insightful about the decision by the National Party to (for now at least) abandon the Coalition for the first time since the Clive Palmer managed debacle which was the ‘Joh for PM’ campaign of early 1987 (a debacle which I fully embraced as a rather naive and silly 18 …
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Insignia Financial Lose A Suitor
My late father’s superannuation was invested in insurance bonds with what was then IOOF. As a result, when IOOF demutualised circa 2002, my mother got 2715 shares in that company. At some point in recent years, they changed their name to Insignia Financial, and two years ago, they sold their insurance bond business off to …
Investing In Wine Companies Does Not Seem Like A Good Idea Right Now
I know a fellow who has, as his What’s App profile, a photo of the Bentley he possesses via hire purchase. As I discovered when he boasted to me and some others of his acquaintances (he is difficult to like enough to have real friends), a Bentley is far more expensive than a Ferrari or …
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Flying With Angels
I have written in this blog before about how Suzanne Vega has been my favourite singer for a very long time – since 1986, which was one of the most challenging years of my life. Her self titled debut album was released in May 1985, and the first single from that album started to get …
Vox Populi Vox Dei Redux – Takeaways From Last Saturday’s Federal Election
Three years ago, just before the 2022 Federal Election, I made some reflections on the lack of political engagement on the part of the Australian populace, compared to their counterparts in the 1950s: With the 2025 election now all but over, with just a few seats left to count and confirm the winner, it is …
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What A Silly (Democracy) Sausage!
It has been quite a while since I read the classic Mr Men series by Roger Hargraves. I assume it was in primary school, which is now 45 years ago. Hence I am not sure, but I do believe such expressions as ‘you silly banana’ or ‘you silly sausage’ originate in those books. The phrase …
Will George RR Martin Do A Robert Jordan On His Readers?
I do like ‘High Fantasy’, having read The Lord Of The Rings for the first time at age 11. Back in my teenage years, many fantasy series had comments on their cover referencing Tolkien to encourage people to buy those lesser works. For example, The Sword Of Shannara had ‘For those looking for something to …
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Why Do Katy Perry’s Antics Remind Me Of A Don Knotts Movie?
This morning my Facebook feed exploded with lots of commentaries and memes and parodies of the recent Amazon Blue Origin spaceflight starring Katy Perry. It seems that I am not Robinson Crusoe in my reservations about the heroism and nobility of this eleven minute ride to the lower limits of outer space. More than a …
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Lost For Words! 