by Town Close Financial Planning | Mar 5, 2019 | Investment News
We’ve all experienced FOMO at one point in our lives, or to give it its full name; fear of missing out. It’s the feeling you get when there’s an event taking place that you can’t attend. It’s the “But, what if?” when considering whether to turn down an opportunity.... by Town Close Financial Planning | Feb 13, 2019 | Investment News
We’ve spent the last few weeks reviewing all aspects of TCFP’s investment strategy. A full review is warranted, as opposed to tinkering with the portfolio. That would be akin to chasing return, trying to time the market and all the other bad behaviours we’re... by Town Close Financial Planning | Oct 31, 2018 | General News, Investment News
Isn’t it strange how little value we give to ordinary miracles? You know those things that are amazing, that we can’t do without, but we take for granted. I’m thinking of gravity, the sun coming up or the weather. Another two occur to me – being alive and compounding.... by Town Close Financial Planning | Jul 6, 2018 | Investment News
The world of investing has an incredible ability to make the simple complicated. The motive is fees. Nothing else adequately explains it. The more complicated something can be made to appear, the more valuable it must be. That sort of thinking is so utterly contrary... by Town Close Financial Planning | May 13, 2018 | Investment News
If you’re unclear on what the term ‘pound cost averaging’ means, the simplicity of what it describes is perhaps best demonstrated through an example. Abbie is an investor who has already decided where she wants to make a long-term investment. She also earns money...