by Town Close Financial Planning | Sep 3, 2022 | financial planning, Investment News
From time to time investors find themselves between a rock and a hard place. Or, as the Spanish would have it, between the sword and the wall. Short-term crises become increased negative investment volatility – i.e. the value of investments falls sharply. What... 
by Town Close Financial Planning | Aug 29, 2022 | Investment News
This is an excellent question from Steve that got me thinking. “…what explains the intrinsically weak US$’s stellar performance against the £ and €? And should we be concerned going forward, even though of course in the short term it at least helps... 
by Town Close Financial Planning | Aug 25, 2022 | Investment News
Steve Williams has been advising TCFP on investment markets, portfolios and economic and political matters since the start. He sits on TCFP’s Investment Committee and is known to many of our clients via our regular client webinars. Steve informs TCFP and then we... 
by Town Close Financial Planning | Jul 25, 2022 | General News, Investment News
It has been an uncompromising year for investments so far, by some measures one of the worse six months on record. I read that 98% of the time returns are better than the year to date have been. Also, apparently, this is only fourth time in the past 100 years or so... by Town Close Financial Planning | Jul 20, 2022 | Investment News
The latest quarterly Town Close Financial Planning Investment Committee took place on 18 July 2022. There are no changes to the TCFP portfolio. Here is what we discussed… Politics In the political world we are looking for a new leader of the Conservative party and the... 
by Town Close Financial Planning | Jun 13, 2022 | Investment News
TCFP’s founder, Jeremy Askew, turned 50 in June. Let’s look back over the conditions for, and return from, investments over those 50 years. As investors there has been a continuous stream of events to navigate. For example, here is a list of major economic...