Once the decision has been made to invest the next big question is how to invest? The Sunday press money sections are packed with opinions, options and advertisements, all purporting to have the answer. The two main choices are to self-select investments, predominantly online or by discussing the options with a qualified [...]

During the Covid-19 lockdown UK households have been saving a lot more cash than normal. Bank of England statistics show that deposit balances had an average monthly increase of £53 Billion between March and May. As we slowly go back to normality this figure dropped to an extra £16 Billion [...]

Historically, most people had a set retirement date. Why is that? It's probably because that's what their employer set as a retirement date. But why then? Why retire when someone else says so? More importantly why retire at all? A wise man once said, we only retire from what we [...]

Over recent weeks a feeling of doom and panic has been evidenced throughout the globe. Queues in supermarkets, empty shelves and a run on 'essential items' have all lead to a feeling of doom. Similarly, investment markets have suffered volatility not seen since the global financial crisis of 2008. [...]