by Town Close Financial Planning | Oct 1, 2022 | General News
Three good articles that caught my eye recently: Morgan Housel – Five Lessons From History: Numbers 2, 3 and 4 struck me as particularly pertinent. Amy Johnson – There Can’t Be A Problem Without Resistance: Embracing “problems” works,... by Town Close Financial Planning | Sep 24, 2022 | General News
Looking for some great, thought provoking and intelligent reading? Here are three that caught my eye: Ben Carlson: When is a Bear Market Over?: Does it really matter? I’m not sure it does given that the biggest down AND up days often tend to happen during bear... 
by Town Close Financial Planning | Sep 15, 2022 | financial planning, Investment News
The fundamentals of investment are so basic and in such plain view it is easy to overlook them. That is why we should remind ourselves of them. HERE IS A TWO MINUTE VIDEO from one of the all time greats, Howard Marks, covering two very basic concepts. As he says,... 
by Town Close Financial Planning | Sep 3, 2022 | financial planning, Investment News
From time to time investors find themselves between a rock and a hard place. Or, as the Spanish would have it, between the sword and the wall. Short-term crises become increased negative investment volatility – i.e. the value of investments falls sharply. What... 
by Town Close Financial Planning | Aug 29, 2022 | Investment News
This is an excellent question from Steve that got me thinking. “…what explains the intrinsically weak US$’s stellar performance against the £ and €? And should we be concerned going forward, even though of course in the short term it at least helps...