Will Inflation Increase?
02.06.21
Talk to anyone of a certain age and they will remember with a chill down their spines the inflation and high mortgage interest rates of the 1970s. When you bear…
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Will Inflation Increase?
02.06.21
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Who Does What With Your Pension? – Using A Tree To Explain The Roles & Responsibilities
14.04.21
I’m often asked to explain the different roles and responsibilities of the companies involved with a pension fund. Because there are different parties doing different things it can be hard…
Ignoring The News
06.04.21
Ignoring the News I haven’t watched a news broadcast or read a newspaper for a very long-time. I can’t tell you how long but it can be measured in years….
Gold Should Be for Decoration Not Speculation
01.04.21
Our obsession with gold has been around since it was first discovered thousands of years ago. Initially, it was used to make decorative objectives or for religious purposes, reportedly first…
Bungee Jumping & The Perception of Risk
26.03.21
When I was a young, cocky 18-year-old I bungee jumped from what was then the highest bungee jump in the world, the Victoria Falls bridge between Zimbabwe and Zambia. Not…
Filling the Void
19.03.21
“Nature abhors a vacuum” This oft used quote is attributed to Aristotle and, because I wasn’t around at the time, I’m going to assume they were his words. His point…
What is ESG Investing? Invest With Your Heart & Mind.
05.03.21
You might have heard about the latest investment acronym (because the financial services industry needs another one!), ESG investing. ESG is short for Environmental, Social and Governance and has been…
Savings Rates Are Rubbish – What Can You Do About It?
26.02.21
The Interest Rate Dilemma If you have accumulated savings you will have been watching in dismay as rates have fallen, and fallen, and fallen. From the lofty pre-Credit Crunchheights when…
If you believe the future will be better than today you MUST invest in stock markets
04.12.20
Forget Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates or Elon Musk, the richest man to have ever lived is reputed to be Mansa Musa, a 14th Century ruler of modern-day Mali and the…
The Name’s Bond, Government Bond (But What Are They?)
25.11.20
If there was a hierarchy of investments that the average consumer understood, property would take the top spot. We know and get property which is why so many people would…
