Your Data, Our Priority: Why Cyber Essentials Accreditation Matters
For the third year running, MFP Wealth Management has achieved Cyber Essentials accreditation, demonstrating our commitment to protecting your personal and financial information from rising cyber threats.
A Smooth Transition from Railways to Retirement
Rail Wellbeing Live 2024: Justin King shares essential retirement strategies to support rail industry employees in achieving financial wellbeing and a fulfilling life beyond the tracks.
Navigating Squash Scores and Life’s Complexities: Lessons from the Court
How volunteering at my daughter’s squash tournament reminded me why seeking advice matters—it takes something that feels complex and breaks it down into manageable steps, so you can be confident you’re doing it right.
How Much Impact Does the UK Prime Minister Have on Your Investments?
As an investor, you might wonder how the occupant of 10 Downing Street influences the direction of your investment portfolio. It's a common question: does the UK Prime Minister's identity matter to market performance? Let’s explore.
How to Succeed by Doing Nothing
This Sunday I embraced the art of doing nothing (aside from ferrying the girls around), but the rest of my family were medal winners! I would argue that we all achieved success in our own unique ways.
Here’s Justin’s ‘story of nothing’.
Why oh Wye? A canoeing adventure.
As a financial planner, my daily life revolves around advising clients, managing investments, and staying updated with market trends. However, everyone needs a break from their routine, and I recently took the opportunity to spend three enriching days canoeing down the picturesque River Wye, accompanied only by my trusty Springer Spaniel, Bracken.
A Constant Chain of Surprises
Experienced investors know that uncertainty is a constant companion. Uncertainty takes various forms. As former US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld once said, there are known unknowns (the things we know we do not know) and unknown unknowns (the things we don't know we don't know).
The Value of Having a Financial Coach in your Corner
Sometimes, it’s difficult to explain in words the value we aim to deliver. Dimensional Fund Advisors sum it up nicely. Helping you manage the emotions of fear and greed to stay invested and remain disciplined.
Dimensional Fund Advisors: You Can Do Better Than Indexing
How would you say Dimensional Fund Advisors differs from a pure index fund company? Watch this video to understand the important difference.
The Folly of Forecasting
Each New Year, market analysts make bold predictions about stocks, shares and bond performances. But here’s why forecasting is a folly
Retiring Successfully with Justin King on The Rational Reminder Podcast
Justin is a guest on the popular Rational Reminder Podcast with hosts Cameron Passmore and Benjamin Felix discussing his book, The Retirement Café Handbook. They chat about why being a rational investor is key to a successful retirement.
Protecting our clients against cyber attacks - Cyber Essentials Accreditation
In 2022-23 32% of UK businesses reported a cyber attack or breach. Protecting client’s dats is an important priority, so gaining re-accreditation to Cyber Essentials helps to secure our IT against cyber attacks.
Rory Sutherland’s ‘doorman fallacy’
The ‘doorman fallacy’, as Rory Sutherland calls it, is what happens when your strategy becomes synonymous with cost-saving and efficiency; first you define a hotel doorman’s role as ‘opening the door’, then you replace his role with an automatic door-opening mechanism.
Financial Planning is a Process, Not an Event
Most people would acknowledge that doing financial planning is an important practice, it’s only when it becomes urgent that they take time out of their busy schedule to meet with a financial planner. When done right, financial planning is a lifelong iterative process that requires constant work.
Justin guests on The Century Plan podcast with Dennis Hall
Justin joins host of The Century Plan podcast Dennis Hall to explain how over 180 episodes of The Retirement Café Podcast evolved into The Retirement Café Handbook.
Justin also shares insights into the tools and techniques he uses to support and help his clients plan for the retirement they desire. These include reframing thoughts through hypnotherapy and NLP techniques.
The Stock Market is all Around You
The stock market might be one of the most misunderstood concepts in the world. Given its central role in helping investors become financially independent, it’s crucial to understand what it is, what it isn’t, and how it functions.
Celebrating the release of The Retirement Café Handbook
Justin celebrated the launch of The Retirement Café Handbook with dozens of clients and contributors to the podcast and handbook on 22nd September 2023. He hosted a lunch at Christchurch’s Captain’s Club Hotel and Spa. Here’s his short talk.
Pete Matthew quizzes Justin about The Retirement Café Handbook on The MeaningfulMoney Podcast
Justin King was invited to be the guest of personal finance guru Pete Matthews on The Meaningful Money Podcast. They chatted about Justin’s new book The Retirement Café Handbook - Nine Accelerators for a Successful Retirement, and how its a roadmap to planning your best life in retirement.
The Retirement Café Handbook - Justin releases new book to help you thrive in your retirement
In The Retirement Café Handbook Justin King shares insights gathered from dozens of podcast interviews and 30 years of helping people retire successfully. He guides you through a nine-step framework for creating a meaningful and fulfilling retirement, tackling mindset, money and lifelong health
In the Spotlight with The Media Coach, Alan Stevens
Justin King was invited to be the guest of Alan Stevens, better known as The Media Coach, on his podcast of the same name. They chatted about Justin’s new book The Retirement Café Handbook - Nine Accelerators for a Successful Retirement, and how its a roadmap to planning your best life in retirement.