Our standard advice is that everybody should have a Will. However, some people need one more than others. If you die without a Will, and you’re married or in a civil partnership with children then everything held in joint names will go to your spouse/partner when you die. For anything held in your sole name, [...]
Andrew’s Views (Market Update) It’s all about Nvidia Last week was supposed to be all about Nvidia’s earnings results, which took place just after the U.S. market closed on Wednesday. Many analysts described the release as one of the most important corporate results in history, even perceived by some as more influential than last week’s [...]
I thought that I would just write down my thoughts after taking the leap from paraplanning to advising, as a sort of ‘what to expect’ for any paraplanners who are currently in the position that I was and are thinking about moving across into advising. This will likely not be everyone’s experience, and I would [...]
Andrew’s Views Things had been going very well during July, and I had written a very different market update, and then on the very last day of the month we saw some huge falls across the world. Whilst most of the volatility has calmed and the losses mostly clawed back, Japan saw the largest falls. [...]
Andrew’s Views Markets continued with modest gains in June, with most of the news being about politics rather than economic or corporate news. This is an election heavy year with both the UK and France’s elections having taken place and the US election coming in November. There were some concerns that the far-right in France [...]
Andrew’s Views Markets fell worldwide at the end of April, with the exception of the UK. The FTSE 100 has recently not only closed above 8,000 for the first time, but then within a month closed over 8,400. Most worldwide market have since not only recovered their April losses, but went on to further rises [...]
