In this blog:

1.    Gulf Oil and the 500% dividend.
2.   How to leave $8m in your will.
3.   Yes, you are paying more tax.
4.   “Forever young” – the problem with DIY investing.
5.   If Buffet and Munger were partners, how come Warren got all the wealth?
6.  You might not need us, here’s a wider used alternative.

In this blog:

1. Are investment trusts better than tracker funds?
2. A comparison table showcasing top-performing UK investment trusts and tracker funds, detailing their total returns over 1, 5, 10 years, along with their ongoing charges.
3. People study this: What do you need to be happy in retirement? How many items in this checklist do you still need to work on? (Alternatively, have your spouse fill yours out for you).

In this blog:
1.    What ChatGPT says you need to retire.
2.    $2.41 billion – the interest that the US pays on its debt every single day (including Sundays).
3.    Lifting the lid – a quick look at a technical tool we use (warning: it involves ratios).
4.    Vietnam, inflation and the real biggest risk you have as a retiree investor.

In this blog:

1.  How the US owes China money.
2. What is the your severity of failure?
3. Were you born at the right time to invest your pension?
4. People rarely do what they plan – the stats from the Society of Actuaries.
5. M&S vs The Entire Cybercrime Ecosystem.

In this blog:

1. M&S under attack: What happened
2. Why hackers find cybercrime so lucrative – and almost risk-free
3. An industrial-scale scam factory
4. Businesses unprepared
5. What data hackers stole from M&S customers
6. How one of our very own directors turned the tables on a would-be fraudster
7. Stay safe checklist: Simple steps you can take to protect yourself from fraud today.

In this blog:

1. Death in the office: not a terribly good idea.
2. The Five Boxes to tick to know you’re facing the right decisions.
3. Buffett challenged hedge funds to a $1m bet – this is the outcome.
4. Why more investment choices make you unhappy and dissatisfied.
5. Claire-ly Speaking’s second part of pension-thinking for Gen-X’ers

In this blog:

1.    29.2% per year 1977-1990: his golden rules to invest by.
2.    What is your funded ratio? How much do you need?
3.    Death, IHT, and what happens if the value falls before you can sell the assets?
4.    Pascal’s Wager – ultimately it’s never about money.
5.    Not same same, or is it? US v UK on CPI records over the last 25 years.
6.    Your biggest threat to independence in retirement.

Each day we make thousands of decisions. Some don’t have much impact - such as would you like marmalade or marmite on your toast, or would you prefer ‘white sliced’ or sourdough?

However, some decisions do matter and make a serious difference if they don’t turn out as we hoped. Financial decisions fall firmly in this category; important decisions that can have a long-lasting impact on ourselves and our families if we get it wrong.