With the New year comes plenty of New Years resolutions, and usually the majority of them tend to be quite self centered; start going to the gym, start eating healthy, stop smoking and the list goes on. It is important to make resolution sto protect the people that mean the most to you. Unfortunately as […]

I dont think its possible for anyone to say that they haven’t heard or read about either of the following two headlines ‘Russia’ and ‘Oil’ over the last few weeks. We are facing an economic situation that is taking the financial world by storm and its impact on both personal and national wealth has been […]

  I came across a recent posting from Samantha Kelly of the Irishbizparty and she was looking to put together some valuable tips for starting a small business. Having recently read a few interesting articles and also being a year into my new venture I decided that I would put together a quick blog to […]

While it is very important to understand what is going on in the financial markets I think for the majority of individual investors too much information can be a bad thing. Depending on your specific investment goals you need to make a decision on how much information you need to know and how you are […]

Meet John, he is 30 years old, living in Dublin and has a well paid full time job. John has spent the last few years trying to kick his smoking habit, unsuccessfully I might add.. John is fully aware of the dangers and risks that smoking can cause, at the moment giving up isn’t an […]

As a financial advisor you often come across clients that want to take advantage of big market moves, and naturally enough individual investors usually hear about these market moves after they have happened. As the old saying goes when the dog on the street is telling you to buy it is usually too late to […]

He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.” ― Lao Tzu If you are one of the lucky ones you will have been taught this skill as a kid by your parents, but as will all know implementing skills in the real world in real life situations can […]

Not usually a post I would do but i decided being the day thats in it I would throw my picks down on paper; Team USA: Keegan Bradley: He was the bright spark in Medinah teaming with with Phil Mickelson the pair managed to go 3-0 against a resilient European team. He has showed he […]

Global equities were up again last week, continuing the long upward 2014 run which began in February, and hit a fresh all-time-high on Thursday. Overall, the bull market is now into its 65th month, the 4th longest bull market in history. Equities continue to be supported by the expectation of reasonably strong corporate earnings’ growth and […]