Achieving your financial goals through investing, and one size does not fit all Even as we hope to put the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the rearview mirror in 2021, uncertainty … Read More
Darkest Before The Dawn
Equity markets ended last year on a bullish note and this optimism has carried through to the start of the new year. Global equities gained 1.3% in local currency terms … Read More
Merry Christmas and a not so Happy New Tier
I have spent much of this year in this commentary discussing ad nauseam two topics – Covid and Brexit – and unfortunately we need to end the year focusing on … Read More
Can’t afford to retire
Getting your pension finances back on track Do you know how much money you will need in retirement? What about how much you already have saved? Do you know what … Read More
Investment Highlights In 2020
TECHNOLOGY FLOURISHES DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC Talk about a roller coaster ride of a year. For the first time in decades, almost every single person on this planet has had … Read More
What will 2021 bring?
Left field thoughts with the expectation that we will be right with at least one Making predictions for markets over short time frames is a fool’s game, yet every year … Read More
Groundhog Day
Global equities did their best last week to ignore the trials and tribulations of the Brexit negotiations, ending the week down a modest 0.5%. It was rather harder for UK … Read More
Will the over-50s become a lost generation?
Older individuals who lose their jobs are less likely to secure re-employment Older workers are one group of people who are at risk of suffering serious and persistent consequences from … Read More
Deal, No Deal or no big deal
The upward march of equity markets continued last week with global equities gaining another 1.2% in local currency terms. However, there was considerable divergence between markets. The UK resumed its … Read More