by Town Close Financial Planning | Jun 8, 2023 | General News
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. It also massively reduces his chances of truly improving his lot if you ask me. My best ideas and new thinking come when I am doing something other than “work”. In essence it is these better ideas and new thinking that... 
by Town Close Financial Planning | Jun 7, 2023 | General News
Worth a moment to ponder? Needs vs Wants What we need and what we want are often confused. We need very little – food, water, air and shelter. We mistakenly think we need intimacy, coffee, laughter etc. In fact we simply want them, and that’s ok but having them... 
by Town Close Financial Planning | Jun 2, 2023 | Investment News
You’d be forgiven for thinking that successful investing is a dark art. Reserved only for those with a certain genius, pHd. To consistently produce an investment return that beats inflation (after costs) over the longer term seems otherworldly and beyond the... 
by Town Close Financial Planning | May 29, 2023 | Investment News, Savings News
Life is about comparisons, we often need to choose one thing over the other. Therefore comparisons ought to be on a like for like basis – apples to apples, not apples to lemons. When a client compares bank interest to investment returns, important points must be... 
by Town Close Financial Planning | May 28, 2023 | General News
Three articles worth your attention: Seth Godin – Cultural Distress: Your emotions are always being played by others. Simply recognising that is the first step to freedom? Ben Carlson – Stock, Bond & Cash Returns Over the Past 95 Years: It’s...