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Why financial planning is not common sense

And why that’s a good thing!

6th January 2024 Mencken. Clear, simple and wrong. Paul Claireaux

Why financial planning is not common sense

And why that’s a good thing!

6th January 2024
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A 10 to 15-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. Common-sense answers to common and simple questions are helpful. But with complex questions (like making…

Who might be happy after a stock market crash?

and who might be seriously upset?

16th November 2023

Who might be happy after a stock market crash?

and who might be seriously upset?

16th November 2023
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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…

How much Investment risk is right for you?

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

7th November 2023 Swimming naked. Buffett. Paul Claireaux

How much Investment risk is right for you?

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

7th November 2023
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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 (new, recent and experienced) because we all need to ensure…

Should you pay for financial advice?

And if so, what is a reasonable price?

12th October 2023 Lost in front of map. Paul Claireaux

Should you pay for financial advice?

And if so, what is a reasonable price?

12th October 2023
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If you’re thinking about working with a financial coach, planner or adviser, or you already receive such a service and you’re concerned about the price, this Insight is for you. This is a 10 to 20-minute read, depending on your speed. Yes, that’s quite a long read, but we believe everyone needs to understand the…

Seven ways to achieve more

Without working yourself into the ground

28th December 2022 7 ways to achieve more. Paul Claireaux

Seven ways to achieve more

Without working yourself into the ground

28th December 2022
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Many of us want to achieve more of our big life goals, but the truth is that most goals are never achieved. And most New Year’s resolutions fail too! So, let’s look at why this is, and explore how you could achieve more of yours.

Change three words you use each day

and transform your life for the better

8th June 2022 Change three words to transform your life

Change three words you use each day

and transform your life for the better

8th June 2022
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During these extraordinary times, it’s easy to feel pressured (by others or ourselves) to do more of those things that we think we ‘should’ be doing. But that way of thinking doesn’t really help us to ‘achieve more’ at the best of times and it certainly won’t help now. So, let’s explore a different (and…

Two Nobel prize winners

with very different ideas on stock market pricing

10th December 2021 Two Nobel Prize Winners. Paul Claireaux

Two Nobel prize winners

with very different ideas on stock market pricing

10th December 2021
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Some wealth managers promote their investment service as being robust because it’s based on the ideas of a Nobel Prize-winning economist. The trouble is, they don’t tell you about the other Nobel Prize winner of the same year, who had very different ‘herding’ ideas about what drives prices in stock markets. In this Insight, I…

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