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I often talk about the fact that investment markets can fall as well as rise, and that holding a long-term position and not panicking about market dips is ke...

Unbelievably it has been a year since I was first diagnosed with breast cancer. I know that because I attended my first annual check this week. A lot has ha...

It is almost three months since I last write a blog about my health and a few people have mentioned that they were worried not to have heard anything. While ...

Media hype about stock market falls can make even the most calm and collected investors start to feel nervous. When stock markets experience volatility, it c...

We are certainly living in historic times. It is all too easy to get swept away with media and political hype around Brexit, trade wars, interest rates, vote...

Nobody likes paying tax and by the same token, if you can reduce the amount of tax you can pay by legitimate means that should be considered. However, at tim...

In amongst the headlines of last months budget was a revision to the current Help to Buy Equity Loan scheme, which is due to expire in March 2021. At present...

Since my last blog I have done a lot of waiting – but today was the day my chemotherapy treatment started (so please forgive me if what I am writing is nonse...

Ever since a disastrous period for early unregulated schemes in the late 1980s and early 1990s, equity release has continually suffered from suspicion and di...

I was completely overwhelmed by the response to my last blog ‘5 Lessons I have learnt from Cancer – So Far’. I have received many kind messages of support an...

You have been saving towards buying your first home and are ready to take the step onto the property ladder. Before you hit the streets to find your ideal h...

I am a great believer in seeing the positive in any situation – but I have to admit that, over the last couple of months, my ability to ‘keep positive’ has b...

In October last year we took part in a ‘values challenge’, as part of an inspiring event organised by Ramsay Patterson. We were encouraged to choose just one...

It seems like only a few days ago that we were preparing for the Christmas break and thinking ahead to plans for the new year, but here we are in March alrea...

This weekend saw the launch of the ‘Open Banking’, a term not many of us will have come across before. Open Banking requires banks to share information about...

Your net worth and access to financial resources are very different to your ability to take control of your finances and manage your money. Rather than bein...

Overall, a fairly unremarkable budget which is to be welcomed for the relative clarity it provides. The key points, combined with measures already announced,...

Stamp Duty Reforms There is speculation that, in order to unclog the slowing property market, the chancellor might announce stamp duty reforms. Perhaps targe...

There has been much debate over when the Bank of England will raise interest rates and this month is tipped to be the month by many industry