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How much do I need to retire?

31^st October 2021

How much you need to save for retirement is, of course, largely dependent on how much you want to spend in retirement. This is a difficult question to answer because before you get to retirement how will you know how much you’ll spend. This is where data from a recent study by the Pension and...

Running out of time? Probably not…

13^th May 2019

13th March 2005. This was the date of my first ever half marathon. My 25 year-old self was pretty satisfied with a time of 1hr37mins. Fast forward 15 years to April 2019 and a completely shattered me is celebrating a new half marathon PB of 1hr11mins at the grand old age of 39 and 3/4....

Robo-Mum: A Success Story

22^nd March 2019

My mum would be the first to admit she is not a natural when it comes to computers and technology. However, she is always keen to learn and does her best to adapt to the ever-changing world. With a little encouragement from me, Mum has been using technology to help manage her finances…with some really...

What 327 Years Of British Equity History Can Teach Us About Investing

15^th February 2019

I’m always banging on about how we need to look at the big picture and consider investment returns over a very long-term. Now, thanks to Global Financial Data, we can look at the return on UK investments all the way back to 1692! The link at the bottom will take you to the long and...

How not to be stupid

14^th January 2019

I listened to a great podcast last week on The Knowledge Project in which the presenter, Shane Parrish, interviewed Adam Robinson. Adam has done all kinds of things and I find him a fascinating bloke…who is clearly super-intelligent. Part of Shane and Adam’s conversation that I found particularly interesting didn’t actually make it into the...

Watch what you spend

26^th November 2018

I wanted to share a story told to me by Uncle Phil (not a real uncle) last week. I’m not even sure I’ve fully worked out the moral of the story…but I’m pretty sure it tells us something important about human nature and how we behave with money. Uncle Phil was a TV engineer, back...