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January
2012
Happy New Year.
Our review of 2011 and outlook for 2012 please click on the link below
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December
2011
Consideration of the tax benefits associated with inter-generational gifts being made into pensions for children or grandchildren who are non-earners.
To read more, please click on the link below
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November
2011
The Wisdom of Crowds is a book written by James Surowiecki which sets out the simple but powerf
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October
2011
I wrote a response to Neil Osborne’s article “Let’s reach a consensus that these funds are of little value” which appeared in the Sunday Times on 2nd October 2011 which was published in the Sunday Times on the 9th October (see
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5
October
2011
"The game is rigged," says Jack Bogle, the octogenarian founder o
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September
2011
The commission based model for investment advice is literally a dead man standing. Across the world in the leading financial centres of the UK and Australia they are planning to ban commissions on investment products in the next few years. Why this is happening reveals the fundamental problems wi
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August
2011
After suffering through the “lost decade” for stocks, investors were taken on a roller-coaster ride in recent weeks — and the future looks to hold more of the same: a highly volatile stock market and lower annual average returns.
From the perspective of an Irish investor
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August
2011
“There is nothing in life more certain than death and taxes” Benjamin Franklin
It is often said that “we don’t plan to fail, but that many of us fail to plan” and it is a startling fact that despite these two fundamental certa
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July
2011
Most investors are eager to learn how they can make smarter financial decisions for higher investment returns. In his latest book What Investors Really Want, behavioral finance expert Meir Statman explains what’s preventing most investors from making more
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July
2011
The National Association of Personal Financial Advisors (NAPFA) in the USA created this video to explain why financial planning is important and how Fee-Only, fiduciary financial planners can help.
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