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Money & Finance Mind the gap: Report reveals that Brits have unrealistic retirement aspirations A nation-wide UK survey produced by Equity Release Supermarket (ERS) has revealed that there is a clear disconnect between many people’s retirement aspirations and their current financial provision, or lack thereof. Read more	0	Olderiswiser Editorial
Money & Finance How should I manage my investments through Brexit? Peter McGahan takes a look at how you might invest post Brexit by looking at how sectors have performed since the referendum. Read more	0	Peter McGahan
Money & Finance How to protect your business Cash flow is the prime reason businesses fail, but as Peter McGahan explains a lack of effective protection can do as much damage as short term lack of funds. Read more	0	Peter McGahan
Money & Finance What do the US midterms mean for investors How the outcome of the US midterm elections and the posturing of President Trump is impacting high street spending and providing a lead through global markets. Read more	0	Peter McGahan
Money & Finance Staying calm amid global sell-off A sharp Wall Street sell-off has sent tremors throughout global equity markets. Kasim Zafar explains why. Read more	0	Olderiswiser Editorial
Money & Finance Easy mistakes to avoid with investments How emotions get in the way of sound investment strategy and why you should learn lessons from good times as well as bad. Read more	0	Peter McGahan
Money & Finance Grey market travel insurance costs push silver surfers’ trips into the red Insurance industry facing a challenge to deliver affordable travel insurance premiums to older people with pre-existing health conditions and other specific needs. Read more	0	Olderiswiser Editorial
Money & Finance Britain’s great pension robbery – why the ‘defined benefits’ gold standard is a luxury of the past John Stittle argues that companies have largely washed their hands of pensioners’ financial welfare in retirement and says employees and their pensions will increasingly be at the mercy of financial markets Read more	0	Olderiswiser Editorial
Money & Finance Counter intuitive investing at retirement Pension freedoms and pension drawdown, we've all heard about them but how do we best make use of them for the long term. Read more	0	Peter McGahan
Money & Finance Tax on spending and benefit cuts hit lower earners and older people Benefit cuts and rises in taxes on spending are having a punishing affect on low income older people. Read more	0	Olderiswiser Editorial
Money & Finance One in 10 targeted by pension freedom scammers Offers to unlock or transfer pension funds are the most likely scam tactics. Read more	0	Olderiswiser Editorial
Money & Finance Should I keep my with-profits investment? The £274 billion ‘with profits’ market is under review by the Financial Conduct Authority – again. Read more	0	Peter McGahan
Money & Finance How to lose 57% of your pension … 1, 2, 3 Peter McGahan looks at how to grow your pension but cautions there is no point having a tax efficient saving if you squander on higher charges and poorer performance. Read more	0	Peter McGahan
Money & Finance Surprise fall in inflation makes May rate hike (slightly) less likely While falling inflation is good news for UK households, Ben Brettell says staff costs and labour market pressures could push rates up. Read more	0	Olderiswiser Editorial
Money & Finance One in eight will retire with no pension in 2018 - but number without savings is shrinking New research highlights the significance of the State Pension to people in retirement including those with pension savings of their own. Read more	0	Olderiswiser Editorial
Money & Finance Financial markets reverberate to shocking week Looking at how recent news stories have created uncertainty on the financial markets. Read more	0	Olderiswiser Editorial
Money & Finance Savage buy-to let-remortgage lottery Ronan Marrion cautions buy-to-let investors to look beyond 2020 before deciding to dip their toes in the property market. Read more	0	Ronan Marrion
Money & Finance Pensions on the March For most of the year people can go days, or even weeks, without thinking about their pension. However, when it comes to taking stock of the value of your pension pot March is the busiest month of the year as Nathan Long explains. Read more	0	Olderiswiser Editorial
Money & Finance Market falls and pension savers Global markets have plunged in recent days but what does that mean for pension savers. Nathan Long explains. Read more	0	Olderiswiser Editorial
Money & Finance Income tail wags investment DOG With current cash ISA rates paying at best 2.15%, investors are struggling to do what’s best for their personal financial security. Read more	0	Peter McGahan
Money & Finance Noisy Trumpety Trump Is Trumps ‘noise’ preventing your capital growing? Peter McGahan argues his point. Read more	0	Peter McGahan
Money & Finance Why financial inequality can't simply be blamed on older people hoarding their wealth Karen Rowlingson says debate around financial inequality and inter-generational divisions is a smokescreen for cuts in social care and social security for older people. Read more	0	Olderiswiser Editorial
Money & Finance Bitcoin valued at $20,000? What’s really going on? With Bitcoin having reached $20,000, Peter McGhan takes a closer look at what this means. Read more	0	Peter McGahan
Money & Finance Government review of auto-enrolment pensions Tom McPhail looks ahead to the DWP auto-enrolment pension review and what it is likely to say. Read more	0	Olderiswiser Editorial
Money & Finance How to avoid running out of money in retirement Nathan Long looks at 'capital nibbling' and other investment strategies as a means of generating retirement income. Read more	0	Olderiswiser Editorial
Money & Finance Are stock markets ‘tulip heavy’? Peter McGahan recalls the Fanny Kemble bulb while considering how to get vlue from an over-priced stock market. Read more	0	Peter McGahan
Money & Finance Tax avoidance might be legal but it's time we seriously questioned its ethics Nicholas Lord argues that tax avoidance schemes must be formally approved by the state - before use - rather than closed down after they are discovered. Read more	0	Olderiswiser Editorial
Money & Finance End of the growth bubble? Peter McGahan looks at the current exchange-traded funds and cautions history doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes. Read more	0	Peter McGahan
Money & Finance What will the Chinese congress mean for the world economy? Peter McGahan examines what 'Socialism with Chinese characteristics' means and how OBOR will shake up world trade. Read more	0	Peter McGahan
Money & Finance 10 reasons why the stock market may be less risky than you suppose The writer, Peter Leahy, founder of Qore Markets discusses how risks arise and can be avoided by private investors not anxious to follow the herd. Read more	0	Olderiswiser Editorial