One for British Expats - Time is running out to increase your UK state pension.
Every year, retiring British expats realise they will have much less UK state pension income than they expected. It is very easy, in the...
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- May 24
- 4 min
Investing in ‘The Latest Thing’ Companies Could Make You Rich - But It Probably Won’t
A few weeks ago, a long-standing client said to me “If only I had invested $1,000 in Microsoft, Apple or Google when they first listed!”...
- Mar 20
- 5 min
Silicon Valley Bank Failure – Is Your Bank Account Safe?
The financial world was shaken by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank on Friday, 10th March. While U.S. regulators stepped in to try to...
- Mar 20
- 4 min
Estate Planning For Investments of Passion
Help Your Loved Ones Get The Best Value. Over the last couple of years I have posted a few articles about the growing value of...
- Jan 24
- 3 min
What Does 2023 Hold for Investors?
I know it is now late January, but a quick discussion of what may be ahead for investors this year seems worth a few lines. It is fair to...
- Jan 24
- 4 min
An Old French Librarian and his Effect on Modern Life
It is fair to say that, for most of us, the last year or so has been a time of tightening financial belts due to rising inflation,...
- Dec 6, 2022
- 5 min
The Fall of FTX
FTX’s sudden and catastrophic collapse sent shudders through the entire cryptocurrency industry. What was, at one point, the...
- Dec 6, 2022
- 4 min
The Threat of QR Code Scams
The adoption and use of QR codes has grown massively in the last 5 years. Three factors have contributed to this;- the increase in global...
- Dec 6, 2022
- 4 min
Lessons from the FIFA World Cup 2022
We are now down to the last eight teams standing in the 2022 edition of the FIFA World Cup. World Cup matches are often unpredictable,...
- Nov 8, 2022
- 3 min
Stock Market Bottoms - Part 2: How Long Does it Take For Stocks to Bottom in a Bear Market?
Following on from What Signals a Stock Market Bottom? It is reassuring to know bear markets do come to an end even if you don’t know when...
- Nov 8, 2022
- 3 min
Stock Market Bottoms - Part 1: What Signals a Stock Market Bottom?
There are very few times in life when a bell rings to confirm you have just reached the top of anything (or the bottom, for that matter)....
- Nov 8, 2022
- 5 min
All Aboard the Gravy Train
In a previous newsletter I discussed ‘Tulip Mania’, which is generally considered the world’s first economic bubble, and possibly also...
- Nov 8, 2022
- 5 min
Nothing in Life is Free
Robinhood, the ultra-popular online trading platform, has helped usher in a new era of commission-free trading. It has also pushed...
- Jul 12, 2022
- 4 min
Do You Know Your Onions?
Corn, soybeans, onions - Pick the odd one out. Due to the fairly big clue in the headline, hopefully you said the odd one out is onions....
- Jul 12, 2022
- 6 min
Thailand’s New Cannabis Rules
For those readers resident in Asia, and particularly Thailand, recent Thai legislation could be important. Just over a month ago, on 9th...
- Jul 12, 2022
- 2 min
Another Scam Warning: Phishing Emails Using PayPal - Four Tell-Tale Phrases
A SCAM email appearing to be from PayPal is doing the rounds once again, with the usual dodgy links. Many people use PayPal and are very...
- May 23, 2022
- 5 min
Improve your Retirement - Drink More Beer!
Using the proceeds of a retirement plan to buy a lifetime annuity is a way of providing yourself with a guaranteed income for life....
- May 23, 2022
- 4 min
Why Inverse ETFs are not for Everyone
With the ongoing global concerns about inflation, higher interest rates, commodity prices and falling stock markets, the last few months...
- Apr 19, 2022
- 6 min
Investing in Times of War
With the ongoing situation in Ukraine, (now in its 53rd day, as I write) many of my clients have continued to ask what it means for their...
- Apr 19, 2022
- 5 min
Has Your Inheritance Gone for a Burton?
Non-Domicile status has hit the news in the UK and around the world, recently due to Akshata Murty, the wife of UK Chancellor of the...
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