Tulip Mania – The Greater Fool Theory
If you think that market crashes are a modern thing caused by pandemics, tensions between countries or financial industry misdeeds? Think...
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- Mar 17, 2020
- 5 min
Are you Making Subtle Mistakes with your Money?
Imagine you had the opportunity to stand in front of yourself fifteen years ago. Are there any financial mistakes you would warn yourself...
- Mar 17, 2020
- 3 min
Robots Tested Positive for Coronavirus!!!!
Market sell-offs used to be caused by people phoning their stockbrokers and telling them to sell. These days, a widespread fall in share...
- Feb 19, 2020
- 4 min
Will COVID-19 Make your Investments Sick?
The outbreak of a new coronavirus (now named COVID-19), originating in Wuhan, China has so far taken 1,774 lives, and some 70,500 have...
- Jan 22, 2020
- 5 min
Almost Everything Wall Street Expects in 2020
For the professional prophets and market gurus of Wall Street and beyond, “The double-digit returns of 2019 will be hard to repeat” is a...
- Dec 4, 2019
- 3 min
Is Market-Timing A Viable Investment Strategy?
The likelihood of successfully calling market tops and market bottoms consistently is so remote that the odds are essentially zero. Plan...
- Nov 6, 2019
- 7 min
Ready to Invest in Cannabis? – Or is the Grass Greener Somewhere Else?
The rapidly developing legal cannabis industry has become much talked-about investment trend in the last few years. Investment writers...
- Nov 6, 2019
- 6 min
Socially Responsible Investing : Part 2
Investment Options and Pros & Cons Socially Responsible Investing - is it a worthwhile endeavor? Part 2 of this article looks at some...
- Oct 8, 2019
- 2 min
Market Forecasts - What's The Point?
Based on a recent article by one of my product providers, but I couldn’t resist sharing…. “Prediction is very difficult, especially about...
- Sep 10, 2019
- 4 min
Why You Should be Investing, Not Saving
As we often tell our children, it’s wise to save money. But there are some occasions when saving isn’t the most financially astute...
- Sep 10, 2019
- 3 min
I Cannot Invest Now - The Market is Down!
Originally written and published by myself in 2009 - But it's as relevant today as it was then. We all know that the global investment...
- Sep 10, 2019
- 3 min
Market Falls Predicted - Ways To Protect Your Investments
Well, it seems markets are falling everywhere. The FTSE100 is at 7300 as I write, down from a high of over 7600, with American stocks not...
- Sep 10, 2019
- 3 min
What is an ‘Inverted Yield Curve’? - And Does it Matter?
Anybody watching the finance sections on TV News channels recently has probably seen the ‘talking heads’ discussing the inverted yield...
- Aug 14, 2019
- 4 min
Is Diversification Dead?
It’s a fair question, because 2018 saw the vast majority of assets fall in value and, so far, 2019 has seen the vast majority of assets...
- Aug 14, 2019
- 5 min
How To Start Investing
Paying the rent or mortgage for your home, utility bills, loan payments, funding the children’s needs and the occasional holiday might...
- Jul 17, 2019
- 5 min
The 6 Biggest Excuses for not Having Retirement Savings … (and my answers for all of them)
From feeling frustrated by pension providers to having a “mañana” approach to your finances, I hear plenty of excuses for putting...
- Jul 17, 2019
- 3 min
An Investment in Education
Providing for your children and giving them every opportunity to develop and grow comes naturally to a parent. From those first words, to...
- Jun 19, 2019
- 4 min
Dollar Cost Averaging
I suspect that every one of us over the age of 21 has listened as a financial adviser has explained the virtues of Dollar Cost Averaging...
- Jun 18, 2019
- 4 min
Why You Should Stay Invested, Even During Uncertain Times
Look beyond the current global ‘noise’ and understand why you should continue to keep your money working for you in the markets. You...
- Apr 28, 2019
- 5 min
ETFs- A safe way to invest?
Well Maybe! - Let's see if it's worth smashing the piggy bank open for... We have seen investors’ enthusiasm for cheaper, passive ways to...
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