Articles by Paul Claireaux

Can you help (spread betting) Joe?

Or any of your friends from getting sucked into this hideous gambling activity?

Joe and Naomi

Can you help (spread betting) Joe?

Or any of your friends from getting sucked into this hideous gambling activity?

Written for wannabe ‘day traders’ worldwide – whose lives are destroyed by spread betting and other gambling activity. This Insight aims to help anyone (like our fictional character Joe, here) to understand the real and horrendous risks of spread betting before it’s too late. Please share with your friends. How can this still be happening?

How much educational content is enough?

What do you need for success in content marketing?

How much is enough. Paul Claireaux

How much educational content is enough?

What do you need for success in content marketing?

This is the first of three posts for owners (and marketing managers) of financial planning and advice firms. In this series, you’ll learn why a great consumer-facing educational library could cost £100,000 to £200,000 over time. And I’ll show you exactly how to eliminate most of those costs and the work (for you) that typically goes…

How to build an awesome financial plan.

And map it out on one sheet of paper.

Seven Steps. Paul Claireaux

How to build an awesome financial plan.

And map it out on one sheet of paper.

A 10 to 20-minute read, depending on your speed. The shocking thing is that almost no one knows how to design a financial life plan. Yet, there’s a widely agreed-upon (and life-changing) approach to this challenge that can help you regardless of where you live, your age, or your level of wealth. So, in this…

Why is financial planning a secret?

And what could this mean for you - and your loved ones?

Why is this a secret. Shocked. Paul Claireaux

Why is financial planning a secret?

And what could this mean for you - and your loved ones?

This is the first of three Insights in which we’ll reveal the biggest secret in personal finance – how to design a great financial plan. Later in this series, we’ll outline the (widely agreed) financial planning process in seven (A.W.E.S.O.M.E.) steps that you can use regardless of your age, income, wealth or wherever you live…

The two most important factors to consider when investing

that you must never forget.

Two most important factors for investing. Paul Claireaux

The two most important factors to consider when investing

that you must never forget.

(a 7 to 10-minute read, depending on your speed) In this final (of three) Insights, you’ll learn the two most important factors to consider – when trying to decide what level of investment risk to take – on each of your financial life goals. These Insights are written to help all (new, recent and experienced)…

The first two factors to consider when investing.

that you must never forget.

The first two factors to consider when investing. Paul Claireaux

The first two factors to consider when investing.

that you must never forget.

A 5 to 10-minute read, depending on your speed In this second (of three) Insights, you’ll learn about the first two of four factors to consider when deciding what level of investment risk to take – on each of your financial life goals. These Insights are written to help all (new, recent and experienced) investors…

How much Investment risk is right for you?

Part one (of three): Sorting out the basics.

When the tide goes out. Warren Buffett. Paul Claireaux

How much Investment risk is right for you?

Part one (of three): Sorting out the basics.

A 5 to 10-minute read, depending on your speed. This is the first of three Insights to help you consider how much investment risk might be right for you – on each of your financial life goals. These Insights are written to help all investors (novice, recent and experienced) because we all need to ensure…

Can you solve the same birthday riddle?

and how could that help you in life?

School children. Hands up. Paul Claireaux

Can you solve the same birthday riddle?

and how could that help you in life?

A 5 to 10-minute read – depending on your speed. In our Insight on why financial planning is not common sense, we asked you to guess the answer to this same-birthday riddle. And if you’ve not yet read that Insight, start there.

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