Consumer Question: I’ve Used My Pension Lifetime Allowance & Have a Few Small Pots of Unused Pensions. What Is The Best Way To Access Them?
04.05.22
This question was posed to me recently via an online forum. Here is my answer. If you don’t need to access the additional pensions they can stay invested and continue…
Consumer Question: What is the Best Stock/Bond Allocation for Someone in Their Late 50s?
26.04.22
This question was posed to me recently via an online forum. The full context is the consumer who posted the question is 59 and intends to draw on his pension in…
From Professional Footballers to Investing Success, The Results That Are Skewed By The Minority
31.03.22
Marcus Rashford, Phil Foden and Trent Alexander-Arnold are young professional footballers earning £ millions in wages and sponsorship endorsements. Yet, less than 1% of children who enter club academies at…
The Magic of Time
24.03.22
4.5 billion years ago earth was formed. Over that time it evolved from a ball of gas and liquid to the awe-inspiring planet we share with an abundance and diverse…
How Do You Let Your Children Take Financial Risks (But Be The Safety Net)?
15.03.22
Full disclosure: I’ve never been a trapeze artist and I never will. But I can guess how you learn to be one. I imagine when you are learning you have…
What Does A Russian Invasion of Ukraine Mean For Your Pension?
24.02.22
If you are worried about what the Russian invasion will mean for your pension and investments it’s important to keep significant global events within the context of time. The chart…
Why I Love Living & Working In East Devon
02.02.22
The other night my heart sang as I watched East Devon, the small corner of the world I call home feature on the BBC’s Countryfile (watch it here on iPlayer…
Why I Believe Life is Like Fishing – Don’t Chase Fish, Enjoy Fishing
17.01.22
Life is like fishing, you cast your hook and hope to catch something and while you wait you can either get agitated that you aren’t catching anything; are you fishing…
What I’ve Learnt From 20 Years In Financial Services
25.11.21
This month marks my 20 years working in the financial services sector. As a fresh-faced graduate I knew I wanted to live and work in London and that I didn’t want…
We Need Capitalism To Save The Planet
09.11.21
“Greed is good.” The above quote by Michael Douglas playing Gordon Gecko in the film Wall Street is often used to express resentment at the malignancy of capitalism. How the…
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