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Successful long-term investing is not just about buying low and selling high. Investment prices are vulnerable to everything from natural disasters to political unrest. We are living in uncertain times and so we thought it would be a good idea to go back to basics. Whilst rises and falls in

The only useful thing you can do with money is spend it. That’s right, spend it. I’ll say it again, spend it! But how? Well before we look at how, lets clarify what we mean by ‘spending’. Typically we ‘spend’ money when we exchange it for goods and services.

Here at Proposito Financial Planning we are passionate believers in ‘a life well lived’. We feel that this poem, by Linda Ellis, sums up how important it is to ensure that we live life to the full. You can read the poem in full here.   The Dash

Last week the Bank of England announced that it would increase quantitative easing (QE) by £70bn – £60bn of gilt purchases and £10bn of corporate bond buying . The Bank said in a Market Notice issued on 4 August that from 8

We all love a bargain, right? A fact that hasn’t gone unnoticed at Vanguard. The US fund manager overseas $2.9trillion in assets. They pretty much invented index tracking investments in 1976 and they’ve just reduced the annual charges for some their investments. This is great news for our clients who are

It’s good to talk. But talking about money can be difficult, particularly as doing so has traditionally been taboo in this country. Despite many of us getting better at talking about other personal issues like relationships or our health, we still find money a tricky topic. In fact, research

This week from November 24th, the Institute of Financial Planning (IFP) is organising Financial Planning Week – a consumer awareness campaign aimed at helping everyone take some simple steps to improve their financial situation. Financial Planning Week is about helping consumers make a difference to their lives. Millions of people face financial

Life is weird sometimes. Even a normal looking day can deliver unexpected surprises. Earlier this week I had a meeting in London with a potential client. Nothing strange there. Neither was it strange that this was my first meeting in Canary Wharf and equally normal that I got

Money only has one property which is of any use to anyone: IT CAN BE SPENT It confers no other properties on the owner. Absolutely none. This is a fact we often have to remind our clients. There is no point accumulating wealth just for the sake of it. If

DAY 1 – Financial Planning Week 2012. What is money good for? The proverb says that “Money is the root of all evil”, but it’s a necessary evil. If you haven’t got very much of it you’ll probably want some more. If you’ve got lots of it you might have

Despite speculation that we might see a rise this month, the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) have chosen to keep interest rates at 0.5%. In February three members of the rate setting committee voted for a rise, but it seems that there are is still a clear divergence in