‘The financial and emotional benefits of financial advice’

Oct 2, 2020 | Financial Services

Here’s the feel-good story of the week. It’s now proven (by a survey, so it must be true) that having a financial adviser ‘improves emotional as well as financial well-being, especially in a time of crisis’. The 24% with an adviser have a ‘greater sense of well-being’ than the poor, deluded 76% who go it alone; and, apparently, ’satisfaction grows over time’. Thank goodness for that. So, if you can’t get a video appointment with your GP or therapist, an IFA is just a Zoom away. Don’t worry. Be Happy.

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“Is the AI hype machine losing steam?”

“Is the AI hype machine losing steam?”

Many of the reviving rises in stock markets, particular in the US in the last year or so have been driven by AI. Not those buy-and-sell computerised algorithms we’ve heard so much about for years now; but the share prices of the big tech companies ‘at the heart of the AI revolution’.