Description
Not every piece of financial wisdom fits into a step by step guide. Some of it comes from decades of paying attention.
For 25 years, Noel Whittaker wrote columns for some of Australia’s biggest newspapers, including the Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the Sunday Mail and the Sunday Times. Along the way he covered almost everything: property booms and busts, share market cycles, budgeting that actually works, the tax and superannuation changes of the day, and the very human reasons people make the financial decisions they do, good and bad.
25 Years of Whitt & Wisdom brings a quarter century of that writing together into one substantial collection. It isn’t organised around a single topic the way his other books are. Instead, it reads more like sitting down with someone who has spent decades thinking, writing and advising on money, and pulling out the columns that mattered most.
Inside, you’ll find Noel’s thinking on:
- Property and share market cycles, and what actually separates good decisions from lucky ones
- Budgeting, saving and the everyday habits that build long term wealth
- The tax and superannuation debates of the past 25 years, and what they reveal about where policy tends to head next
- The psychology of money: why sensible people still make costly financial mistakes
- Decades of real questions from real readers, and the answers that helped them
This is the book for anyone who has read Noel’s columns over the years and wants them all in one place, or for anyone who simply wants a broader, more reflective read than a topic specific guide can offer.
A lifetime of financial wisdom doesn’t fit neatly into ten steps. This book doesn’t try to force it to.
Noel’s greatest gift is his ability to explain complex matters in everyday terms the average bloke can understand
– Des Houghton, former editor, Sunday Mail
Noel Whittaker gives the best personal finance advice in the country. And he’s been doing it for longer than many of us have had finances to take advice about
– Richard Hughes, Money Editor, Age and Sydney Morning Herald
There are two simple reasons why Noel Whittaker has been part of the Sunday Times for 25 years: clarity and authority. His ability to take complex financial matters and translate them into life lessons for all ages is unsurpassed. This collection of his best columns is not just a look back over the quarter century; its is advice that will stand readers in good stead for the next 25 years and beyond. It is a must-read for anyone wanting to take control of their financial future.
– Rod Savage, Editor, Sunday Times
