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But to be clear. We’re not providing personal advice here (you have to pay for that I’m afraid!) and any arrangements that you make having read these pages are entirely your own affair.

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Talking Cents

We didn’t talk about money much in my family when I was growing up. Like many households, it was kind of a taboo subject. But research from the Money Advice Service, suggests that money habits (both good and bad) can be set as early as age 7. Core money behaviours learned at home subconsciously or … Continued

A Fresh Start

Summer is a distant memory. The children are back at school or University, and from what I’ve experienced many of you have turned your attention to getting things done. The change in season is a useful trigger for making a personal change, as Katy Milkman explains in her excellent and very readable new book ‘How … Continued

Two Truths About Inflation

UK inflation rose by 2.5% in the 12 months to June 2021. In the US the new rate is 5.4%. The impact of which I found out recently when I went to the local pub for an eye wateringly high £6 pint! Roll out the media’s widespread inflation analysis, and personal finance articles offering help … Continued

What Tony Hawk Can Teach Us About Risk

In 1989, I was a teenage skateboarder. When school closed for summer, I’d be outside on my board every day. From sunrise to sunset my friends and I would explore London, visiting the very few skateable locations available to us at that time. It was a brief but hugely enjoyable period of my youth, and … Continued

Why Should You Own Bonds?

Most investors can’t see the wood for the trees. And the latest hot topic for over-analysis is the potential for rising economic growth, inflation and interest rates to negatively impact Bonds. You all own Bonds via our portfolios, so it’s not irrelevant news. But it is worth understanding why you own Bonds in the first … Continued

GameStop & Fear of Missing Out

On Wednesday, my son Guy came into my home office after a day of homeschooling. On my screen, I had a meme open about US retail company, GameStop, who’ve dominated the financial news and social media this week. It’s a fascinating story with multiple players, layers and a plot that will likely fill a soon … Continued

The Soul of America

The storming of the US Capitol last week, and the way it was handled, shocked many. But history clearly shows a long line of shocking moments that are more common than we care to know or remember. We have been here before. Moments in history. For example, the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on … Continued

Remember March? It Was Wild

So that’s it. Christmas week is upon us and 2020 is nearly at an end. What. A. Year. Other than the bleedin’ obvious, you’ll have your own reasons for remembering 2020. Hopefully, some are good. But what you might have already forgotten, or purposely avoided at the time, were the crazy days of March when a … Continued

Market Timing is a Mug’s Game (Part Eleventy)

Under normal circumstances, I don’t follow or comment on the daily ramblings of the stock market. But on Monday the UK’s stock market (FTSE 100) ended the day up by 5%, and the American market (still open as I write) reached an all-time high. I write to you today because there is a lesson to … Continued

The US Presidential Election

Today is the day of the US presidential election and this one feels particularly important, even though in reality they ALL should be. There are some monumental issues at stake and the outcome will likely set the tone not just for the next four years, but beyond. I’m no US political expert but I’m emotionally … Continued

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