How to remain calm amid Autumn Budget speculation
The importance of remaining calm is often something that’s talked about when discussing investment market volatility. But there are other factors outside of your control that might lead to emotional decision-making, including uncertainty about the…
The psychological influences that could affect your relationship with money
Your relationship with money is related to far more than how much cash you have. In fact, psychological influences could be having more effect on your decisions and how you feel about wealth than you…
Planning for care: Making later-life support part of your financial plan
While many people don’t rely on care later in life, planning for the potential cost of it could help you feel confident about the future and mean you have more options should you need support….
How to change your financial behaviours
This guest blog was written by Chris Budd, who wrote the original Financial Wellbeing Book as well as The Four Cornerstones of Financial Wellbeing. He founded the Institute for Financial Wellbeing and has written more…
The early signs of dementia that may be important to know
We all become more forgetful as we get older. But can you differentiate what is a normal part of the ageing process and what are the early signs of dementia? Although there is no current…
How the “blue dot theory” could influence your life
Do you consider yourself an optimist or a pessimist? The “blue dot theory” could suggest that humans are hard-wired to be pessimists, after psychologists discovered that once our brains are primed to see something (such…