25
Jun
An Unexpected Opportunity
At the precise time this blog will be published (I am writing this a week ahead of publication) I am probably in a state of excited terror and low-level nausea. ...
22
Jun
The Weekend Starts Here...
Watch out for fraudsters; the history of the Galton Board; clients' little foibles; the man behind 'Catch me if you can' gives a talk at Google; when values are built on sand; wealthy vs rich; the luxury of having time to concentrate on what clients...
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Clients / Financial planning / Investment / Leadership / Lifestyle / People
/ Read Time: 2 minutes
19
Jun
Who Can I Help?
In early December 1999 I had one of those experiences in my career which I knew I was never going to forget. My first appointment that day was with a woman whose husband had recently committed suicide...
15
Jun
The Weekend Starts Here...
How to make better decisions; the difference between speculating & investing; repeating themes; the depression meme; costs matter; the new normal; it could happen to anyone; the unexpected leads to the unexpected; focus on what you can control; why markets ignore Trump; a mind boggling...
11
Jun
You get what you don't pay for
There’s no doubt that investors need greater transparency and for the costs they are paying to be presented in a way which is both easy for them to understand and helps to inform their choices by being presented in a manner which enables them to...
08
Jun
The weekend starts here...
Is The Handmaid's Tale fast approaching? The Psychology of Money. If bomb disposal experts can remain calm at work, so can you. News is Old. Life expectancy in Britain. The Next Fifty Years. Investor Coevolution. The importance of remaining intellectually curious. How do...
05
Jun
Books I Read in... May 2018
Cracking good reads this month: Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage – Alfred Lansing; Shadow Divers – Robert Kurson; The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable – Nassim Nicholas Taleb ; Killers of the Flower Moon: Oil, Money, Murder, and the Birth of the FBI...
01
Jun
The Weekend Starts Here...
The perils of living next door to a lottery winner; Wall St convicts; Do you feel lucky?; Having all your eggs in one basket; the value a good planner adds; Helping our clients spend their money; Beware of hot tips from friends; Not all the...
13:11 /
Behaviour / Engagement / Family / Financial planning / Goals / Investment / Lifestyle / Money values / Risk
/ Read Time: 1 minute
29
May
The Perils of Overconfidence
“Don't you know about the praying mantis that waved its arms angrily in front of an approaching carriage, unaware that they were incapable of stopping it? Such was the high opinion it had of its talents.” ― Zhuangzi, The Complete Works of Chuang Tzu ...
25
May
The weekend starts here...
Perfection v impact; compelling headlines; what happens in an internet minute; risk v reward; letters to your kids; buy low, sell high sounds easy; saturation divers; how to get wealthy; chart crimes; the beauty of hindsight and LFC and the Champions' League Final. The best...