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Life after work

We spend months or years preparing for many significant life events. The first for many of us was the build-up […]

So many things have changed in the last four decades, and yet so much has stayed the same. Financial planning

We all have reasons for doing things. It might be because we’re sticklers for following rules, or perhaps we avoid

As 22seven recently published on medium.com, “Always think twice before you buy something on credit or take out a loan.”

A balloon payment (also called a residual value) is quite simply an amount of money that is still due after

Not all stress is bad. But, if left unmanaged and unchecked, stress can become quite unhealthy for us. We all

Kharmen Mathios / September 26, 2022

There are many reasons for our increased stress levels – the use of technology and how it has changed our

Kharmen Mathios / September 19, 2022

Typically, inflation and interest rates are in an “inverse” relationship: When rates are low, inflation tends to rise. And when

Kharmen Mathios / September 12, 2022

“We cannot change what we are not aware of, and once we are aware, we cannot help but change.” –

Kharmen Mathios / September 12, 2022

At the end of any retirement planning conversation, we should always end with how our plan is unique to our