by Justin King | Feb 3, 2020 | Investing
On Friday 17th January – after a spectacular 37% run that started the day after Christmas 2018 – the Standard & Poor’s 500-Stock Index closed at 3,329. Two weeks later to the day – last Friday 31st January – the Index closed a little over three percent lower, at...
by Justin King | Oct 22, 2019 | Investing
We all know the story of the meteoric rise and dramatic fall of the now infamous Neil Woodfood, fund manager and co-founder of Woodford Investment Management. Squalid deals with Hargreaves Lansdown have been exposed. It was Peter Hargreaves himself who called Woodford...
by Justin King | Oct 3, 2019 | Investing
If we asked you to hold your breath or stop blinking, how long could you do it? A minute, maybe two? Now, what if we asked how long you could go without being moved by the latest headline news? Impeachment unrest, Hong Kong protests, Brexit stress, climate change,...
by Justin King | Oct 1, 2019 | Investing
If you’ve taken advice from a financial adviser or you read the financial papers, you’ll hear something talked about, which is called risk tolerance. It’s the illusion in the practice of financial advice that there is each investor within their...
by Justin King | Oct 1, 2019 | Investing
We’ve got unbelievable political uncertainty at the moment so what does this mean for your investments or your retirement savings? This is a topic I have covered on The Retirement Café podcast recently – you can listen here. You know, it’s certainly...
by Justin King | Jun 17, 2019 | Investing
A commonly used term – but what does it really mean? So, asset allocation. It’s so ingrained in how we manage our clients’ investment portfolios, that we talk about it all the time. So, what is it? What are assets? And what happens when you allocate...
