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Private Briefing Series
Michael’s Musings
Quarterly · By invitation only
Latest Session
Session 1 — March 2026
10 March 2026 · ~37 min · Michael O’Hara with Simon Tomkinson & Taryna Botek
Iran, Oil & Stagflation Risk AU/US Market Divergence Valuations & Extended Markets Forward Return Expectations Cash, Bonds & The Graduation
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Calculators

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Personal Insurance Needs Calculator

Comprehensive interactive calculator for determining insurance needs across life, TPD, trauma, and income protection with detailed scenario analysis.

WSP Calculator Insurance

Investment Strategy Profiler

Interactive tool to help determine your investment risk profile based on time horizon, financial goals, income stability, and behavioural preferences.

WSP Calculator Risk Profile

Property Return Reality Calculator

Calculate your actual property returns by including all costs, improvements, and rental income — revealing the gap between headline gains and true investment performance.

WSP Calculator Property
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Explainers

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Cash vs Term Deposits vs Inflation

Interactive presentation showing Australian interest rates, inflation trends, and real returns from cash and term deposits with key economic indicators.

WSP Explainer Cash & Inflation

Rolling 10-Year Cash Returns vs Inflation

Interactive analysis showing 10-year rolling real returns from Australian cash investments compared to inflation across different time periods.

WSP Explainer Analysis

Investing Into Expensive Markets

Educational presentation explaining strategic investment approaches and considerations when markets are highly valued, with practical guidance for portfolios.

WSP Explainer In-Depth

Shares vs Property: The Leverage Truth

Evidence-based infographic comparing shares and property investments, revealing how leverage (not asset superiority) explains property's perceived advantage.

WSP Explainer Property vs Shares

Australian Housing Affordability (1907–2024)

Comprehensive historical analysis of Australian housing prices relative to income, with interactive charts showing how affordability has changed over 117 years.

WSP Explainer In-Depth

Perth Housing & Asset Inflation

Interactive analysis of Perth property market trends, asset price inflation, and local housing affordability metrics with comparative benchmarks.

WSP Explainer Perth Property

Pensioner Inflation Dashboard

Interactive dashboard showing how inflation affects pensioners differently, with analysis of the pensioner CPI basket versus standard inflation measures.

WSP Explainer Quick Overview

S&P 500 Valuation Analysis

Interactive infographic showing S&P 500 valuation metrics, historical PE ratios, and CAPE analysis to provide context on current US market pricing.

WSP Explainer US Markets

Investment Process & Risk Profiles

Visual guide explaining WSP's investment process and how different risk profiles translate into asset allocation strategies.

WSP Explainer Investment Process

Central Banks & Markets: The Intervention Thesis

Deep-dive analysis examining the claim that central bank support for markets is inevitable — and inevitably bullish for equities. Includes Buffett Indicator, S&P 500 consecutive returns analysis, and historical counter-factuals.

WSP Explainer In-Depth

From Savings to Investment: Bridging the Gap

Interactive guide exploring the critical transition from saving to systematic investment. Features AFR case study comparing four couples' wealth outcomes, self-assessment quiz, and WSP's structured three-bucket bridge process.

WSP Explainer Investment Process

Universal Basic Income: AI & The Future of Work

Interactive explainer examining UBI in the context of AI-driven automation, including historical unemployment thresholds, fiscal costs, real-world trial evidence from Finland, Alaska, and Stockton, and implications for financial planning.

WSP Explainer Economic Policy

Beyond Buffettism: Structured Flexibility

Challenging the oversimplified “buy and hold forever” narrative. Examines what Buffett actually did versus what we're told, and why structured flexibility often beats rigid adherence to investment slogans.

WSP Explainer In-Depth

Wholesale Investor Advice: What It Means & How We Use It

Explains wholesale client classification under Australian law — the four pathways, what protections change (and what remains), and how WSP uses wholesale treatment to match documentation pace to decision pace without compromising advice quality.

WSP Explainer In-Depth

ASX 200 Monthly Returns: 2020–2026

Animated month-by-month chart of ASX 200 price returns from January 2020 to March 2026 — showing COVID, the rate hike shock, Liberation Day tariffs, and the Iran conflict in sequence. Includes total return context, dividend income, and a plain-language explanation of franking credits.

WSP Explainer Australian Shares

46 Years of Australian Shares: All Ordinaries 1980–2026

Animated month-by-month chart of the All Ordinaries Index from January 1980 to March 2026 — 555 data points covering Black Tuesday 1987, the 1990 recession, the dot-com bust, the GFC, COVID, Liberation Day, and the 2026 Iran conflict. Includes the $10,000 total return illustration showing the full compounding impact of 46 years of dividends reinvested.

WSP Explainer In-Depth Australian Shares

Tax, Inflation & the Cost of Your Current Life

A 16-year look at what inflation, tax, and government fiscal expansion have done to real purchasing power across five income levels — and what it means for whether you can still afford the life you are currently living. Includes an interactive personal squeeze calculator: enter your income and see your purchasing power outlook over 2, 5 and 10 years. Full read is 10–12 minutes; navigation links let you go straight to what matters most.

WSP Explainer In-Depth Tax & Inflation Interactive

AI and the Investment Landscape: Navigating the Noise

Ten structural themes shaping the AI investment story — the productivity paradox, capital and jobs, portfolio resilience, and where professional advice fits in an era of rapid automation. Neither dismissive nor breathless.

WSP Explainer In-Depth AI

“Something Big Is Happening” — What the Evidence Actually Says

A viral article with 10 million views claims AI has reached a COVID-like inflection point. WSP examines five central claims against the research — neither dismissing the concern nor amplifying the hype. Includes five questions for evaluating any AI claim.

WSP Explainer In-Depth AI
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Tools

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WSP 6-Monthly Investment Report

Interactive database tool to search, filter, and compare 106+ investment options across major Australian superannuation funds, with ability to add entries and export data.

WSP Tool Database
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For Fun

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What Did That Cost? (Interactive!)

An interactive price-guessing game that makes inflation real. How much did a litre of milk, a house, a car, or a holiday cost in 1990? In 2010? Guess the price, see how close you are, and discover just how quietly inflation reshapes what everything costs over time.

WSP Game Quick Overview Inflation
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Portfolios & Asset Allocation

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Portfolio Perspectives — December 2025

Current market perspectives and portfolio positioning commentary for December 2025, with analysis of key themes and investment implications.

WSP Portfolio Commentary

Strategic Asset Allocation — Global Outlook

Interactive comparison of 10-15 year return forecasts from leading global investment managers. See also: Delta Economic Scenarios for WSP's scenario-based approach.

WSP Portfolio Global Markets

WSP SAA Return Expectations Report

Detailed analysis of expected long-term returns across asset classes, incorporating multiple research sources and WSP's investment framework perspectives.

WSP Portfolio In-Depth

Delta Economic Scenarios — September 2025

Reference document presenting 9 economic scenarios with probability weightings and expected returns using Delta's Dynamic Asset Allocation methodology.

WSP Portfolio Delta DAA

Australia's Cash Usage Mandate

Comprehensive reference covering the proposed regulations requiring businesses to accept cash for essential goods, including timeline, covered sectors, and key considerations.

WSP Portfolio Policy
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About Wealth & Security Planners

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Enough: A Reflection on Financial Sufficiency

How much is “enough”? Interactive calculator and observations from decades of client conversations about meaning, purpose, and the role of wealth in a well-lived life.

WSP About Philosophy

Our Philosophy

Overview of WSP's investment philosophy, core values, and approach to financial planning including the Wealth Pyramid™ and Service Cube™ frameworks.

WSP About Philosophy

Working With WSP — Introduction

Introductory guide for new and prospective clients explaining how WSP works, what to expect from the engagement, and the financial planning process.

WSP About In-Depth

Navigating the Financial Landscape

Making sense of money, advice and trust in 2026. Explores the competing voices, eroded trust, platform promises, and regulatory complexity — and where professional advice fits within it all.

WSP About In-Depth

🏗️ The Foundations Series

A three-part guide to understanding our verification process — why we ask what we ask, what we're looking for, and how we reach a shared understanding before advice begins.

Before You Build

The 10 foundation stones of your financial position, and why verification depth matters. Like building a house — the quality of the structure depends entirely on what's underneath.

WSP About Foundations 1 of 3

Three Perspectives

Why your adviser keeps asking questions: your reasonable view, your adviser's professional need, and the regulatory framework that shapes the process. Uses Division 293 as a worked example.

WSP About Foundations 2 of 3

The Shared View

Scope, capacity, and informed consent — the three elements that create alignment between you and your adviser before the real work begins. Includes the Capacity to Care spectrum.

WSP About Foundations 3 of 3

Your Service Journey

Interactive visualisation of how our service models flex and adapt through different life stages — from Connect through to Advice and Investment Management.

WSP About Interactive

A Lifetime Together

Scroll through life's journey and see how our relationship adapts — service levels, foundations, financial position, and capacity to care all flex as your world changes.

WSP About Immersive Draft