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13 Apr The weekend starts here....

Posted at 15:32h in Behaviour, Books, Business, Clients, Education, Engagement, Financial planning, Goals, Investment, Money values

The importance of effective communication; can money buy you happiness; beware the soothsayers; just because you can stop working doesn't mean you have to; the main reason for rebalancing your portfolio, and listening to rhubarb grow. These are the best of what caught my...

02 Mar The weekend starts here.....

Posted at 14:37h in Behaviour, Education, Financial planning, Investment, Lifestyle, Philosophy, Risk

Overlooking the obvious; Good Dogs; taking the time to think; how planners add value; the rich really are different. The best of what caught my eye this week....

16 Feb The weekend starts here.......

Posted at 14:18h in Behaviour, Books, Business, Clients, Education, Engagement, Financial planning, Goals, Investment, Money values

I can honestly say I never struggle to find pieces to include in this weekly post, but this week there was an embarrassment of riches...

02 Feb The weekend starts here...

Posted at 14:28h in Behaviour, Business, Education, Estate Planning, Financial planning, Leadership, Management, Money values

Ways to be smarter; accepting the crazies out there; the meaning of true wealth, and how to avoid losing it all; and how to react to rising markets. Snippets from around the web which caught my eye this week....

30 Jan When should you engage a financial planner? Before it’s too late!

Posted at 14:30h in Clients, Education, Financial planning

People tend to first make contact with us due to a significant life event. Sadly, by the time someone seeks our help it can sometimes be too late....

28 Dec Possibly the best Twitter community in the world???

Posted at 11:08h in Education, People, Philosophy

Writing not just about finance, but about a whole range of issues which affect, and should be important to, us all. Reading their work has taught me so much, and I hope in the months and years ahead that continuing to do so will help...

26 Dec The Power of a Process

Posted at 10:47h in Behaviour, Education, Financial planning, Investment

If investors have a disciplined and robust investment process, backed up by a financial plan which informs their investment strategy, so that they understand exactly WHY they own the investments they own, and the purpose their portfolio serves in helping them to achieve their goals...

30 Oct Being on your best behaviour

Posted at 09:26h in Behaviour, Education, Investment

As investors, we have to contend with the erratic and irrational way in which we think and behave. A lack of knowledge, combined with a number of illusions and biases, can lead to errors in making decisions that can turn out to be very...

11 Sep Non, je ne regrette rien - understanding investor behaviour

Posted at 08:45h in Behaviour, Education, Investment

“The investor’s chief problem – and even his worst enemy – is likely to be himself.” - Benjamin Graham Until very recently I had never heard of Jonah Lehrer. Then, in the space of 48 hours, I read about him in Jon Ronson’s book, ‘So You’ve Been...

18 Aug The weekend starts here…18/08/2017

Posted at 09:35h in Books, Education, Family, Investment

This week’s blog [4 min read] Next, a podcast from Freakonomics Radio. Yes, it’s 48 minutes long, but with contributions from Eugene Fama, Ken French and Jack Bogle (amongst others), it’s an entertaining and informative 48 minutes. John Maynard Keynes on investing as a beauty contest. [3 min read] The world’s...