by Philip James Financial Services | Apr 23, 2024 | In the news
Back in one day or another, we used to arrange many more income protection policies. They pay if you can’t work and you’re sick pay stops, which for most happens pretty quickly now. The two principal reasons for claims have always been 1. Back problems and 2. Stress,...
by Philip James Financial Services | Apr 23, 2024 | Financial Services
Well, here’s a thing, a thing that I have to say I didn’t realise was a thing. A polyamorous relationship is, apparently, a threesome or moresome knowingly together in one household in one form or another. Yes, families have become more complicated in these...
by Philip James Financial Services | Apr 19, 2024 | Financial Services, Investments
‘What about all this in the Middle East?’, I’m often asked in words to that effect, ‘what’s that going to do to my investments? And China? And Trump?’ The interviewee in this article argues that wars and politics will have an increasing impact on markets, and that our...
by Philip James Financial Services | Apr 18, 2024 | Financial Services
Don’t we all love to pigeonhole, about as much as we hate to be pigeonholed. It’s fair to say that the majority of financial advisers’ clients fit in the ‘Boomer’ hole, those born between 1946 and 1964, with an increasing number of 1965 to 1980 Ten X-ers, who are...
by Philip James Financial Services | Apr 16, 2024 | Investments
It’s ten years now since Neil Woodford launched his own fund management company. He was seen as a miracle-working fund-management guru in our business for many years, running highly successful equity income funds with Invesco, formerly Invesco Perpetual. Many, both...