by Town Close Financial Planning | Feb 21, 2023 | 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 a... 
by Town Close Financial Planning | Feb 21, 2023 | General News, Investment News
“Bernie The Wizard” is not my attempt at a children’s story. “MADOFF: The Monster of Wall Street” is now on Netflix and well worth watching. I enjoyed it so much I bought the book “Bernie Madoff: The Wizard Of Lies” by Diana Henriques who features in mini-series. The... 
by Town Close Financial Planning | Feb 10, 2023 | financial planning
THIS ARTICLE about spending makes some great points. However, it is rather long so how about I simple share my main takeaway from it? The article starts as follows…. “Former General Electric CEO Jack Welch once nearly died of a heart attack. Years later he was... 
by Town Close Financial Planning | Feb 1, 2023 | General News
Three good articles that caught my eye recently: Human Progress – Time Equality Is Increasing Dramatically: Perhaps we would feel better if we compared ourselves to who we were yesterday and not who our neighbour is today? Nick Maggiulli – Proof Of... 
by Town Close Financial Planning | Jan 29, 2023 | financial planning, Investment News
We have an innate ability to make daft financial decisions. As Nick Murray states “Human nature is a failed investor”. And, on Radio 4 recently Steven Pinker opined: “People are more likely to regularly invest in a lottery ticket, where you’re almost guaranteed...