by Town Close Financial Planning | Apr 17, 2024 | financial planning, General News, Investment News
The investment world spends much time poring over data in an attempt to predict future investment returns. But, as we know, the future is entirely unpredictable – there are no facts about it. However human nature is quite persistent, how we react as group – “the... 
by Town Close Financial Planning | Apr 12, 2024 | General News
08/04/24 Hope The incumbent offers the truth. Everyone else offers hope – the hope that the truth might become better elsewhere. As investors we hope the truth continues, the record to date certainly supports that hope. And that’s safer than hoping... 
by Town Close Financial Planning | Apr 4, 2024 | financial planning
Thoughts from our wellbeing coach, Suzan Issa: Life is filled with a series of transitions, each posing its own set of challenges. As creatures of habit, we become accustomed to routines, patterns, and expectations, making it particularly unsettling when these are... 
by Town Close Financial Planning | Apr 2, 2024 | financial planning, General News
2024 marks 30 years of me working in financial services, I started as a Trainee Broker Consultant at the Croydon branch of Scottish Equitable in October 1994. What lessons have I learned? More than I can remember, but below are 30 that came to me when I gave it... 
by Town Close Financial Planning | Mar 10, 2024 | General News
It is peculiar the lengths we go to get in the way of ourselves. The thoughts we have about what we can and can’t do, will or won’t like, backed up by the scantiest of evidence. Take getting better at something. It needs practice, but the thought of practice for many...