by Town Close Financial Planning | Feb 24, 2022 | Investment News
The TCFP investment committee met this morning in the light of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The raw data shows that equities have fallen by just short of 10% so far this year. By the end of today Mr Putin will have pushed us through the 10% barrier which makes it... 
by Town Close Financial Planning | Feb 20, 2022 | Investment News
The road to investment success is unavoidably long and bumpy. When was any journey worth taking smooth, uneventful and unemotional? Success is assured, but only if we stay on the road. If we leave the road in the short term by selling investments or otherwise... 
by Town Close Financial Planning | Feb 15, 2022 | Investment News
Just as the Covid crisis appeared to be ebbing away, financial journalism has found two new crises du jour, and they are getting a good hold of investors’ imaginations. Inflation is out of control and an invasion of Ukraine is imminent. Or maybe it’s the other way... 
by Town Close Financial Planning | Jan 24, 2022 | Investment News
An “Investment Quilt” is a chart showing how different asset classes have performed over a calendar year. If you google “investment quilt” you will find several iterations, this version is created with UK investors in mind and covers the last... by Town Close Financial Planning | Jan 18, 2022 | Investment News
The latest quarterly Town Close Financial Planning Investment Committee Meeting took place on 17 January 2022. The TCFP Model Portfolio remains unchanged, but a rebalance of all pension and ISA accounts was agreed. Although markets have dropped off slightly from their... 
by Town Close Financial Planning | Jan 11, 2022 | Investment News
Investment-wise the last 12 months have been odd. It was reasonable to expect a decent amount of turmoil, but we didn’t even get the usual 10-15% temporary drop. What will 2022 bring? I left my crystal ball on the drive with stuff the kids weren’t using. It was gone...