Leaving my own comfort zone to examine the choices and challenges they face, I have developed a profound respect for these people who consider themselves blessed. They find love and contentment in what would seem to many a deprived lifestyle. Merely driving by gives an incomplete story. You must sit on the porch and visit a while.

On the Markets with Bill Harcourt. Bill Harcourt is the publisher of the respected Mastering Money newsletter. Sunday, January 27, 2008. Is the worst over? Or was the recovery we saw in our Australian markets last week just another bounce prior to another setback? I spent the Australia Day weekend fishing, and thinking about this. There are two questions we have to ask ourselves. Will the Reserve Bank of Australia put up interest rates.