Everything you ever wanted to know about yourself you can learn in 26.2 miles. Lori Culnane Investing can be a lot like running a marathon. It’s not just about knowing the markets, it’s also about knowing yourself. What sort of risks are you willing to take? How quickly do you expect to cross the finish line? In order to know yourself you need to invest in yourself. Where are your strengths and weaknesses, where can you […]
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Hold onto your life cover
Sometimes it feels like this conversation is a broken record, constantly going round and around on the same track: people the world over are feeling the financial pinch and tightening belts. It’s not just a local issue, and it’s not a new concern. A few minutes on Instagram or Twitter will reveal just how many are building their third, fourth or fifth ‘side hustle’. This is partly because our internet age has made alternative streams of […]
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Finding the fungibility in commodities
Depending on your level of investing savvy, you may or may not be comfortable with the term ‘commodities’. As our global systems currently enter one of the toughest times experienced in over a hundred years, you may hear this term bandied about a fair amount. Essentially, commodities are the basic building blocks of the global economy, upon which most other goods are created. They fall into two broad categories – hard and soft. Hard commodities are […]
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Building a resilient approach
You can keep going and your legs might hurt for a week or you can quit and your mind will hurt for a lifetime. Mark Allen Unforeseen life events create uncertainty within us, which takes its toll on us – emotionally, mentally, physically and financially! It can lead us to feeling like we are trying to cope by any means possible. It makes us feel as though we don’t have a choice in the matter, or […]
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Working with different money personalities
As the 2020 global pandemic for COVID-19 becomes forever etched in our history, most of us will remember how the term ‘lockdown’ moved from a novelty to a serious psychological threat. At the point of writing this blog, it’s not clear just how vast and integrated the knock-on effect of lockdown will be, but for most of us it’s confronted us with conversations we’ve never had to have before. Being confined indoors, or a specific area […]
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Financial lessons from The Hiker
Carry as little as possible, but choose that little with care. Earl Shaffer There is no feeling quite like conquering a mountain. Gazing up at the peak from below, the journey can seem insurmountable. But with the proper preparation, planning and discipline you will find yourself at the summit feeling as though there was never a doubt in your mind. We often find that people can have similar feelings towards their finances. They feel their debt […]
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Investing amid uncertainty
Anything of any value takes time. Likewise, creating wealth is a long-term process. Well-structured investment strategies have always taken uncertainty into account. Patience, resilience and a robust strategy are imperative to weather the global investment storm that has been raging in recent times. As you embark, or continue, upon your journey to great financial security, it is important to wholly understand the investment landscape. This is one of the areas where having an adviser you trust […]
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A level head saves skewed vision
As Nelson Mandela said, once we’ve climbed a great hill we only find that there are many more hills to climb. When you’re looking up or down the hill, it’s easy to have a skewed vision of what’s really going on. We spend more time going up and down than resting at the top; it’s difficult to hold a level head in times of turmoil. You may look at your bank statement this morning and see […]
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Avoid these investment decisions
Do you know what’s going to happen in the markets tomorrow? Neither do we! All we know is that the markets are an opportunity to invest our money in helping the economy grow, and watching our money grow with it. That’s a really simplistic view, but it helps us extract our emotional reactions from the final decisions that we make. Should we ignore fear? Absolutely not – we should talk about it lots! That’s one of […]
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Bear Markets vs Bull Markets
When it comes to investing in the markets, the terms bull and bear market are used to describe how stock markets are doing in general. Simply put, are they going up or are they going down? At the same time, because the market is determined by investors’ attitudes, these terms also denote how investors feel about the market and the ensuing trends. Driving up A bull market refers to a market that is on the rise. […]
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