Planning For The Property Ladder

I was very surprised to read the facts presented in the following article as it seemed to contradict other articles I have read on the UK rental market. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20802501 The chronic shortage of family properties and properties in London and...

MPs & Gold Plated Final Salary Pensions

I laughed when I read the following article http://www.investorschronicle.co.uk/2012/10/16/comment/smart-money/let-our-mps-suffer-pension-worries-QcS4wlkoRfy8VPIgOxQJ1H/article.html If Members of Parliament were stripped of their gold plated and very generous final...

Self-Employed Entrepreneurs Beware

The following article about self-employed entrepreneurs ending their working life with little or no savings and their businesses worth little or nothing to be very worrying as a self-employed entrepreneur....

Agreeing With The FSA

It is rare that I agree or compliment the Financial Services Authority (FSA). I am not going to compliment the FSA but I will agree with a change they are making the pension and investment industry. The low medium and optimistic assumed growth have over the last few...

Annuity Break Even

The following article about the average person’s thoughts on their life expectancy and what the actual statistics from the British Government is very interesting. It also relies on some research about the break even point and inflation rates between a level annuity...