‘Ah, it’ll be grand’, well maybe it won’t It can be tempting to just trust that things are going to work out. Sometimes they do…and sometimes they don’t. When it comes to your finances, you really want to avoid the second scenario. Unfortunately, that means that ‘it’ll be grand’ might not be the sentiment to…
Have We Learnt Our Lesson Or Are We Heading For Another Crash? The financial crash in 2008 caused panic and terror amongst the financial sector. The biggest fear was a complete financial meltdown which would have a knock on effect on other industries. Why would a financial meltdown cause so much damage? We live in…
Ways To Beat The Banks In a world which appears to be run by the banks, it can feel like we are powerless. However, you may have more power than you thought? Take back control of your money Money affects all of us, without money we would struggle to survive. This is why it’s so…
The Vital Role You Play In The Economy We are all contributing to the economy one way or another, either through taxes or shopping. We all have our part to play in keeping things going. The financial industry relies on us If we stopped banking, spending money, going to work, or any other activity which…
A Few Ideas To Top Up Your Income We have all been there, we have our hearts set on a holiday somewhere sunny and or that new sports car everyone else seems to be driving. You can picture yourself now, sunbathing or driving, happy and carefree. The only thing between you and your holiday/ car…
How Procrastination Is Stopping You From Progressing Procrastination, everyone at some point will fall victim to it. It could be deciding to continue watching cat videos rather than tidy your house or waiting until after the wedding to start regularly saving again. When dreams never become reality Creating the dreams is often the fun bit,…
Why It Pays To Look After Your Money Unless you are part of a tribe who are cut off from civilization, there is a good chance that money is a huge part of your life. Money is an essential part of life The majority of the population of the planet require money in order to…
The math behind Wolf of Wall Street and how it could affect you There are several lessons you could take from Wolf of Wall Street, mostly including things like ‘don’t drive under the influence of drugs’ and ‘committing fraud is a really bad idea’. But there are also less general lessons to be learnt from…
Banks and brokers don’t want you to know many things. So what is it exactly that they do not want you to know? The short answer often feels like ‘everything’, possibly along with feeling like you want to tear your hair out in frustration. Unfortunately, that doesn’t help remedy the problem. What does help is…
A loss of faith: public distrust in the financial sector From newspaper articles to derogatory depictions of banking ‘fat cats’ in cartoons and comedy sketches: it’s pretty clear that there is a somewhat strained relationship between the public and providers of financial services. As the financial sector is a key part of the current economy,…
