All Posts Tagged With: "Retirement Planning"

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House Prices – Are they too high and implications for retirement

I had a meeting with some potential clients yesterday and the discussion turned to their (to me anyway) lack of preparation for retirement.

16Jun2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Cost of Living Increases – the Past decade and the implications for investors

For the past 2 years we have heard how tough all people are finding it in the real world.

11Jun2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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The transfer of wealth between generations….maybe

You’ve probably seen those ads for retirement planning featuring retirees on Harley Davidsons saying “Retirement is payback time” or have seen the stickers on the caravans of the grey nomads that say “I’m spending my children’s inheritance.” Or even better, “Live long enough to be a burden on your children”.
We have probably all laughed at [...]

9Jun2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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House Prices Again – Is it a bubble or not

I overheard two people talking about their land valuations today – we got them in the post yesterday.
One said to the other that he was surprised to see his land had gone down in value over the year.  The other agreed, saying that he had read in the papers forecasts of houses being worth millions [...]

25Mar2010 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
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Trivia, panic, or are we just getting old?

Did you know that our global population is ageing so fast that within 10 years, the number of people aged over 65 will outnumber all the children in the world under the age of 5? 

8Mar2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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The super facts of life

It’s not hard to lose a couple of hours daydreaming about THE TRIP whether it be touring through Europe, or tripping round Australia caravanning under the stars surrounded by miles of emptiness.  Most of us hope to do such a trip when we retire along with the hobbies and activities that so far have been [...]

20Aug2008 | admin | 0 comments | Continued