A guest blog for Serenity Financial Planning by Alistair Meadows, Investment Analyst at EBI Portfolios “Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.” – Woody Allen Sustainable Investing is hot right now; a Google search reveals a plethora of SRI (Socially Responsible Investing) or ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) funds in the pipeline as Fund Managers rush to meet demand … Continued
A guest blog by Robin Powell, an award-winning journalist and financial educator. He blogs as The Evidence-Based Investor at evidenceinvestor.com. A phrase you may have heard about lately is evidence-based investing. You would have thought that, in investing, as in, for example, medicine or criminal law, everything is based on evidence as a matter of … Continued
A guest blog for Serenity Financial Planning by investment, retirement and platform research consultant Abraham Okusanya MSc of Finaytiq. A crisis is coming! In the coming years, there is going to be a major financial crisis! This crisis will bring capital markets across the world to their knees. There’ll be a lot of panic. Your … Continued
Getting the right outcomes for our clients is vitally important to us and one area we don’t leave to chance is investing. It’s a subject many people find complex and difficult to understand. Add in a healthy dose of jargon and some alarming media headlines and it’s no surprise we leave the decision making … Continued
Assuming the US presidential election took place yesterday, this is how to position your portfolio – Andy Hart You will all now know that yesterday (8 November 2016) was a historic day for our planet. The new leader of the free world was announced. So how should you position your portfolio in the light of … Continued
How would you rate your risk tolerance? Are you the kind of person who would happily opt for ‘double or nothing’ on a TV game show if you’d won the value of your home, or do you prefer to forsake the chance for greater reward in return for peace of mind and a greater degree … Continued
Following the Bank of England’s decision to cut interest rates to a record low of 0.25% at the beginning of August and the initial reaction to that from within the financial sector, the resultant effects continue to be felt over a month later. Cash savings accounts have been hit the hardest, with some banks making … Continued
Whilst pension freedoms still feel like a recent development for many, they have now been in place for some seventeen months since their introduction in April 2015. That’s beginning to feel like a remarkably long time ago as few further announcements on pension reform have been made for some time. With the arrival of Theresa … Continued
If you’ve got some spare cash left over from more traditional, structured investments, then you could follow in the footsteps of the growing number of people investing in collectibles. As well as providing something physical to enjoy and look after in a way that other investments can’t, many … Continued
Many predicted before the EU referendum that a vote to leave would have a negative effect on the property market. Now that Brexit is set to become a reality, that has transferred into worry amongst many with a stake in property, which in turn could make the predicted negativity become a self-fulfilling prophecy. But is … Continued
