by Town Close Financial Planning | Mar 22, 2023 | General News
Steve Williams is TCFP’s long standing investment consultant. He sits on our investment committee and helps inform our investment strategy. These are his thoughts on banks…. “To understand what has happened in the US, and to appreciate that some... 
by Town Close Financial Planning | Mar 20, 2023 | Pension & Retirement News
On the face of it the pension changes are good news. Having spent the previous decade or more chipping away at the tax advantages of pensions the chancellor appears to have blown things wide open again. However, on balance, I don’t particularly welcome... 
by Town Close Financial Planning | Mar 15, 2023 | General News
Some thoughts that wafted through me not so long ago…. Your past…. ….is over. What are you going back there? What are you looking for that isn’t here right now? Stop flapping It seems to me that our default option at a point of... 
by Town Close Financial Planning | Mar 7, 2023 | General News
THIS PIECE from Morgan Housel got me thinking… What is the essence of financial planning? To pay less tax? To achieve market beating returns? To change the world? It can be parts of all of those things. But only a minor part. Financial planning is really about... 
by Town Close Financial Planning | Mar 1, 2023 | General News
Three good reads that caught my eye recently: Ben Carlson – Don’t Try to Get Rich Twice: On avoiding future regret. Tim Harford – How To Tax. A Guide For Governments: Desperate times do not call for desperate measures they call for new, bold...