So, why do I get IRATE about money and why might you want to too? Well, in a nutshell, it’s because once you’ve got IRATE, you’ll know how to plan your financial life and help your loved ones do the same.
If you have arguments about money with your partner – or you sense an argument is brewing – this Insight is for you. You might also find this Insight useful even if ‘money is no problem’ in your home, currently, or to share it to help others.
Take a look at this short video about the pensions gap that can open up when one parent (typically ‘mum’) takes time off to raise children.
It’s often said, in the USA, that Janet Yellen didn’t have any appetite for pricking bubbles – or upsetting pr_cks – before her departure as the head of the US Federal Reserve. And whilst Jerome Powell (the new head of the Fed) seems happy enough to upset Trump (not difficult) … and has been raising interest rates for…
The red line chart below is the financial sales person’s favourite chart about stock-market investing. Let’s see why it’s most likely NO use to you at all.
You may have heard some financial ‘experts’ say that . . . the banking crisis (of 2008-09) was the last in a generation Indeed, I’ve even seen that phrase used in an investment training series. So if you’ve signed up for training watch out for that – and don’t take it seriously!
So, how safe is your money in the bank? Ten years ago, this week, there were queues of people outside branches of Northern Rock Bank. People who were desperate to get their money out because they feared that the bank was insolvent.
Here’s a thought on the coming fight against political extremists. (You’ll find that quote at the entrance to the Holocaust exhibition at London’s Imperial War Museum) There can be no doubt that the people want change and are gravitating towards the political extremists who promise it. The question is – do we need their sort…
This political type of Insight is rare for me but this issue comes down to human behaviour and I have something to say about that. Yesterday, Donald Trump took a another big step towards chaos in the USA – and around the world – with his latest ‘executive order’ – on immigration.
Why do we hang on – too long – to things that are just not worth it! No, this Insight is not about personal relationships! Although it might explain some aspects of them 😉 This is about a natural human behaviour that can get us into a lot of trouble – unless we manage it.