During that time I have given enough of your books to clients to almost make me a silent partner. I have been a practising taxation accountant for over 35 years. If you are able, I would appreciate the name of the fund to pass onto him.

The product had it roots in the US and was recently been offered in Australia, it has only small management fee and very low minimum contribution amount to suit young investors. I would like to give him a few pointers as he starts his journey in life and I recall you mentioned in your Sunday column a few months ago about a Managed Fund or ETF for beginners. I have had a young fellow working with me over the school holidays and he has shown a depth of character and willingness to learn than I rarely see in someone of only 15 years. I guess I'm saying thank-you for having the guts to put into plain English the knowledge you had gained. Now, after nearly 30 years we can retire in comfort, our children and grandchildren have carved out their futures based on the foundations you laid and none of us will ever need the support of social security. The book was a 'Light-Bulb' moment for my wife and I, with small children and a mortgage, we were puddling along but with the knowledge you gave so freely on those printed pages it focused out direction and gave us the confidence to put what you had suggested into action. I have also given copies to a number of acquaintances and have had the pleasure of watching some of them follow your advise and prosper. We read Making Money Made Simple in the late 1980's and I have re-read the book many times since. I always enjoy your articles in the Sunday Mail and over the years your advise has been a great help to our family. I just wanted to give you a big thank you for everything you've done for me, without even realizing it. All I know is that I was always ready I just needed the right people to guide me. I have a loving family and I've self published two science-fiction books of my own, with two more in the pipeline. I now have fantastic job which I love, I am financially secure. I was also very lucky to meet my future wife at university who is super shrewd when it comes to finances as well as a great many other things as well. Your book taught me to take control of my money and go to university so I could do something fulfilling. I was in a dead end job and always struggling financially. The book was 'Getting it together.' It became my bible for the next few years and I went on to read other great books of yours. One day he came home with a book and said that an author had been offering it to the workers. I was staying with him and travelling around for three months.

In 1999 I came over from England and visited my brother who went to live in Australia. I just wanted to say thank you for changing my life. He is a Certified Financial Planner, a member the Australian Securities and Investment Commission Liaison committee, and is currently an Adjunct Professor and Executive in Residence with the Faculty of Business at the Queensland University of Technology. Noel is a Fellow of CPA Australia, a Fellow of the Taxation Institute, a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management In 2003, he was awarded the Australian Centenary Medal in recognition of his services to the financial services industry and, in 2011 he was made a Member of the Order of Australia in the Australia Day Honours List. In 1988, Noel was named Australian Investment Planner of the Year. His book “Making Money Made Simple” set sales records across the country and was recently named in the top 100 of the most influential books of the last century. He has written 20 bestselling books that have sold over two million copies around the world. You’ll hear Noel on Fairfax radio and see him on Channel 10. He also writes in Australian Doctor magazine. Not only does he write weekly columns in the Sunday Mail and the Courier Mail, but, by some strange magic, he has the entire Australian continent covered from the Cairns Post in the North to the Hobart Mercury in the South, to the Perth Sunday Times in the West.

Noel Whittaker is Australia’s Financial Wizard of Oz.

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