Hearts Over Charts
The process of investing is dull. Choosing investment funds, making regular contributions to them, and watching how they perform. It’s...
Goalposts to Golf Clubs: The Evolution of My Retirement Journey
Retirement on my mind Thornton recently sponsored the King Edward Bay Ladies Open Stableford. I managed to lose only two...
3 Ways to Know When You Are Ready to Retire
There’s a pretty good chance that your parents and grandparents retired just because they turned 65. Today’s retirement is a...
Overcoming Financial Anxiety: The Importance of Planning
Fear of the unknown is a natural human instinct. It is natural to feel scared of things that could potentially...
Taking Control: Death and Financial Planning
Last week Martin Lewis dedicated his Money Show Live to what he calls ‘unpleasant issues’ – mainly death and incapacity....
Financial planning for one
Most of the financial articles I read are aimed at families. Doing my job means I can often pick out...
Using National Savings for some of your “rainy day” fund
It is essential to ensure that you keep a sufficient cash reserve, or ‘rainy day fund’, to get you through...
The Role of Emotion in Investing (And How to Keep it Under Control)
Although we’re never keen to admit it, we have all made bad decisions at some point in our lives. The...
Help with Isle of Man tuition fees
As children draw breath after their recent GCSE and A level exams, here is a summary of the current support...
The daily and monthly habits that can lead to lifelong Financial Freedom
There’s just so much going on at the moment that is entirely out of our control; a war, a pandemic,...