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…
A 6 to 12-minute read – depending on your speed This is the last of four Insights on how to choose the right boxes for your money. Here, we’ll complete our eight-point FILTRATE checklist – and so, equip you to assess any financial product (or strategy) that anyone could ever put to you.
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…
A 10 to 20-minute read – depending on your speed. Most of us look for common-sense answers to various questions in life. In this Insight, we’ll explore why that is often a bad idea, particularly when it comes to money. Of course, common-sense answers to simple questions can be helpful. But with complex questions (like…
A 10 to 20-minute read, depending on your speed. This is the first of two Insights for anyone who struggles to talk about (and deal with) personal money matters. And that’s most of us from time to time! Here, we’ll explore the first five of ten reasons we might find it hard to talk about…
A 10 to 20-minute read, depending on your speed. This is the second of two Insights for anyone who struggles to talk about (and deal with) personal money matters. And that’s most of us at times! Here, we’ll explore another five (of ten) reasons we might find it hard to talk about money, whether with…
(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)…
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…
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.
A 10 to 15-minute read – depending on your speed. By the end of this Insight (for investors of all ages), you’ll understand more than most people about this critically important paradox of investing. In short, you’ll know why stock market crashes can (simultaneously) be good news for some people and miserable for others! We…