‘Retirees will outlive their savings by a decade’ declared the World Economic Forum in a recent report entitled ‘Investing in (and for) Our Future.’ The research upon which this claim was founded looked at life expectancy and retirement savings across six major world economies. The good...
A recent study has shown yet again that most active multi-asset fund managers don’t add any value through their asset allocation and fund selection. In fact, they detract from it. The 2019 instalment of the FinalytiQ Multi-Asset Fund Report is an in-depth analysis of 89 fund...
Nearing forty, Dr. Wendy Suzuki was at the pinnacle of her career. An award-winning university professor and world-renowned neuroscientist, she had tenure, her own successful research lab, prestigious awards, and international renown. That's when, as part of her birthday celebrations, she booked an adventure trip that...
What is the most transformative thing that you can do for your brain today? Exercise! says neuroscientist Wendy Suzuki! Dr. Wendy A. Suzuki is a Professor of Neural Science and Psychology at the Centre for Neural Science, New York University. She is best known for her...
Investing can often be confusing and even intimidating. The endless jargon used by financial professionals is unintelligible to the common person. The media does not make it easy either. We are bombarded by headlines on the minute-by-minute movement of the stock markets. One day, the...
The number of investment failures that have hit the headlines in recent weeks is a reminder of the value of good financial advice. Earlier this year, London Capital & Finance (LCF) collapsed after Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) launched an investigation and forced the firm to suspend...
‘Time magnifies the margin between success and failure. It will multiply whatever you feed it.’ That is according to James Clear, author of the book ‘Atomic Habits.’ We know that any kind of change is difficult. But rather than making big chances in our lives,...
‘The internet gave us access to everything. But it also gave everything access to us,’ says James Vietch, a writer and comedian who turned his frustration into whimsy when a local supermarket refused to take no for an answer and high jinks ensued. What the moral...
If you have young children or grandchildren, then I highly recommend the HappySelf Journal as a gift for them. It is a daily journal for children aged 6 to 12, based on scientifically proven methods that promote happiness, develop healthy habits for life and nurture...
After six consecutive years of positive returns, in 2018 the UK stock market declined by 9.5%, while the global stock markets declined by about 3%. A careful observer might argue that a ‘correction’ was long overdue, given the generous return of prior years. However, that hasn’t...