Worldwide Financial Planning in key growth strategy
WORLDWIDE Financial Planning has appointed a new managing director and new compliance and head of risk in a drive to take the firm to the next step in becoming a market leader in independent financial advice. The firm, set up in 1998 and which has offices in Northern Ireland and England, will be headed by […]
House prices – the imperfect storm?
NEWS that house prices dipped in January shouldn’t come as a surprise, with new buyer enquiries falling for the 10th consecutive month, sales dipping and valuations (for potential sales) showing no signs of optimism. You should be forgiven, however, for being apathetic about house prices or stock markets, if the headlines were anything to go […]
Emperor Trump has no clothes on – and he has a fiddle
SICK of hearing the name Trump? I suspect so. As per the Brexit lies, Mr Trump’s ‘alternative facts’ are bringing to an end his honeymoon with the markets. There is only a finite time that supporters of any belief will suck it up. A compulsive liar needs a compulsive believer up to a point, and […]
Holding Your Nerve
“JUST when you thought it was safe to go back into the water” was the tag used when Jaws 2 was released three years after the original 1975 Hollywood blockbuster. Many investors are feeling the same way at the moment after the first serious stock market crisis since the financial collapse and recession of […]
NOBODY HAS IT ALL
When you’re young, you look envious at those older. As the years pass, you start looking back in the same way at those younger! Recently, the “Baby Boomers” have been hailed as the generation that had it all. Born in the years after the Second World War, they are the ones living in (and owning) […]
Back to the Future
VERY LITTLE of our life doesn’t involve some form of financial participation, whether it’s work, rest or play. Nothing much is free anymore; even water is more expensive than milk these days in a supermarket. There’s an old saying “where there’s muck, there’s brass (money)” – nowadays, a more appropriate phrase might be “where’s there’s […]
PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY
EVERYONE knows that having children is a lifetime commitment. That commitment is growing and growing because we are all living longer. There’s the emotional responsibility that never goes away, even though young Jack is now aged 35 and married with two kids. Worrying is part of parenthood and you have to learn to live with […]
Willing Victim
IT’S difficult enough keeping any eye on your money while you’re living, but now it seems as though that will extend far into the afterlife! The news that the Court of Appeal has overturned the specific requests inscribed in a will so that a daughter can inherit some of her mother’s estate has led to […]
A Guiding Hand
Why would anyone apply for a mortgage without the help of an Independent Financial Adviser (IFA)? For a start, the IFA will sort out fact from the fiction, letting you know what is feasible with your financial resources and the best lender to approach in your circumstances. Every week, there’s a new media report about […]
IN FOR THE LONG HAUL
It’s quite astonishing how many newspaper and television stories have a direct bearing on our lives and our plans, especially in the financial world. The fact that those joining the workplace today will not receive their state pension until they are 70, or even later, will surprise nobody. There are already planned increases in raising […]
Economic Impact of the Japanese Earthquake
The tragic events of the Japanese earthquake will no doubt have traumatised us all. In much the same way as the Tsunami in Asia on the 26th December 2004 led to an immense impact, the seemingly heartless capitalistic world needed its answers. Similarly the onslaught of questions in relation to global economics post the Japanese […]
Falmouth pupils lead the way in virtual stock market challenge
With less than three weeks to go a team from Falmouth School is leading the way in a virtual stocks and shares competition. The year 12 and 13 students in the Falmouth 2 team are competing with 28 other teams from 10 schools across Cornwall in the Virtual Trading Challenge. The competition, which is now […]