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... 
by Town Close Financial Planning | Mar 6, 2024 | Investment News
As Massive Attack advised us in 1991 with the “Hymn Of The Big Wheel”, the big wheel keeps on turning. After two years of investment malaise from December 2021 until November 2023 equity markets have picked up considerably and returned something like 15% these last... by Town Close Financial Planning | Mar 5, 2024 | Investment News
The TCFP investment committee met on 5 March to discuss the current economic, political and investment environment. As a result the TCFP Model Portfolio remains unchanged. Here are brief notes of our discussion: Politics The big news for 2024 is that half the... 
by Town Close Financial Planning | Mar 5, 2024 | General News
Recently we spent a week at Disneyworld in Florida. And what I experienced there reminded me of why I try to run and work in TCFP the way I do. We opted for a seven-night stay at a Disney resort, granting us access to all six parks in the vicinity. Six parks over six... 
by Town Close Financial Planning | Feb 24, 2024 | General News
Three things I enjoyed reading: Steve Williams – Inflation And Interest Rates: Some thoughts from our investment consultant. Malcom Cochran: 1,000 Bits of Good News You May Have Missed in 2023: Steven Pinker from Harvard University quipped, “The news is a...