27 Apr Pension changes
Jeremy Hunt’s March 2023 budget made some important changes to pensions, some of which were kept under wraps until the actual speech and only appeared afterwards in the ‘small print’....
24 Mar The Budget Newsletter - March 2023
It may not have seemed like it, but the Budget on 15 March 2023 was the first in almost seventeen months....
17 Mar Lessons from Silicon Valley Bank’s demise
What can we learn from the recent failure of Silicon Valley Bank to help us next time something like this happens?...
10 Feb When being cautious can lead to more risk
When it comes to making assumptions about a distant future, caution is generally a good thing. However, there are situations in which being cautious can actually result in more risk....
27 Jan The error of reacting to market falls
Being an investor is never easy because, as humans, we tend to live in the moment responding to our emotions, the environment around us and the circumstances we find ourselves in....
25 Nov The Autumn Statement
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s second major announcement was designated as an Autumn Statement, but it will have a greater financial impact than most Budgets....
18 Nov Expected outcomes
'It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future.'...
28 Oct Keep your eyes on the prize
Image by Arek Socha from Pixabay At times like this, investors risk being unsettled by the endless rounds of media speculation and hyperbole. Talk of market failure risk by the Bank of England, squabbling politicians and headline grabbing market traders and analysts can lead investors to...
29 Sep The Growth Plan
What the Chancellor, Kwasi Kwarteng, presented to the House of Commons on Friday was definitively not a Budget; it was ‘The Growth Plan’. ...
13 Jul Should you be concerned about long term inflation?
The media is currently full of stories about the ‘cost of living crisis’ as annual inflation has reached a level not seen for decades in the UK. Indeed, judging by what I pay to refuel my car every week, it is certainly a real thing....