Sad loss of our Queen
What a very sad day on Thursday. We shall all miss our lovely Queen Elizabeth and our thoughts and prayers go out to her Family and especially for King Charles III with new role and responsibilities.
Rest well Ma'am. There has never been a world leader, politician, businessman or religious person who has held such...
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Shark-infested financial waters
Happy birthday to me, happy birthday to me… I’ve passed the 37th anniversary of sitting in my tiny home office in Georgeham wondering ‘what had I done’… however, those thoughts didn’t last too long, even with numerous trials and tribulations since! There are no regrets and indeed, some of those first clients are still...
Good news for client accounts
Well as expected, the Bank of England increased rates by the ‘biggest amount in 27 years’. It’s a tad disingenuous to say that 0.5% is ‘that’ but there we have it. And now headline inflation hits 10.1%, so I suppose in traditional economic terms the BOE will increase rates again (whether it is the...
Funeral plans to finally be regulated by the FCA
Pre-paid funeral plans are finally and at long last being regulated following legislation passed by Parliament.
As of July 29, the FCA (Financial Conduct Authority) will regulate these plans and is authorising 26 providers. It is understood that together these firms hold about 1.6million plans, which makes up 87% of the market.
Regular readers of this...
Natural income, expensive homes and farewell Neighbours
Well it’s been better news on the markets these last few weeks, following the dismal conditions up till then. There is some dreadfully attractive value out there though. However, for the UK and underpinning our mantra regarding ‘natural sustainable income’ from your investments, dividends are holding-up really well.There were some large one-off payments last year, but...
Are you retiring this year? Give it some thought
Hundreds of thousands of workers will retire at the ‘worst time in two decades’ this year, according to a recent article in The Telegraph.
With oil prices soaring, stocks falling and ever-increasing inflation, it is certainly an unstable time for the markets upon which so many pension pots rely.
The fear is that people have seen...
Political shenanigans & stable UK markets
So I grab a week’s trip to visit our daughter in Malta doing a four-week Elective in the Valetta Hospital and I can’t trust you to look after our Prime Minister in that time. I don’t know. The markets and currency have been most resilient – as an ‘uncertainty’ about the possible ongoing uncertainty...
Is crypto about to crash and burn?
Is it Armageddon for the cryptocurrency market? Recent headlines have shouted that more than $2trillion (yes, trillion!) has been wiped off the value of the overall crypto market following a crash since its high of November last year.
Remember, these things are not regulated. That means there are no enforceable rules or protections and as...