by Town Close Financial Planning | Jun 9, 2021 | General News, Investment News
Whichever way you cut it money is much more than a unit of exchange or a store of wealth. Money is, and always has been, love. Money allows us to create, protect, support, grow and indulge ourselves and those we love. It is not how much we have but what it can do for... by Town Close Financial Planning | Apr 26, 2021 | Investment News
From TCFP’s investment consultants, Cormorant Capital Strategies: Inflation, as measured by the year-on-year change in the Consumer Price Index (CPI), stands at just 0.7% today. That being so, it is entirely reasonable to anticipate rising inflation. But will... by Town Close Financial Planning | Apr 26, 2021 | Investment News
From TCFP’s investment consultants, Cormorant Capital Strategies: What is the outlook for economic growth in the UK? On 11 March last year, the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) projected growth for 2020 at a rate of 1.1%. 2021 was scheduled to deliver... by Town Close Financial Planning | Apr 18, 2021 | General News, Investment News
On 24 March 2000 the US S&P500 stockmarket index hit an all-time high of 1552. Then the dot com stockmarket boom turned to bust. On 16 April 2021, the S&P500 closed at 4185. If you had invested at that historic peak in 2000 (i.e. the “worst” possible point)... by Town Close Financial Planning | Apr 8, 2021 | General News, Investment News, Pension & Retirement News
It strikes me we have some strange priorities. This Summer we will spend about £100 million watching the new Bond film. We will also donate about £6 million to The World Cancer Research Fund UK, which I believe is the UK’s largest cancer prevention charity. My... by Town Close Financial Planning | Mar 24, 2021 | Investment News
The latest quarterly Town Close Financial Planning Investment Committee Meeting took place on 22 March 2021. The TCFP Model Portfolio remains unchanged. For those interested, here are the notes from the meeting guest authored by Daniel Robinson, soon to be joining us...