Recent Articles
Market timing is not passive investing
Passive investing has never been as popular. Not only is it cheaper but there is lots of evidence that most active fund managers do not beat the market over the long term. Warren Buffett in his latest shareholder letter says … Read More
Warren Buffett’s Shareholder Letter 2016
Warren Buffett issued his annual shareholder letter on 25 February. I said that last year’s letter was a bit disappointing but this year, there was plenty of gems in the letter and very important advice that we should all listen … Read More
The chances of getting a pay out from insurance
Part of my job as a financial planner is catastrophe planning. Are you and your family protected against premature death or the loss of the ability to earn an income. Insuring this risk is the simplest way of negating this … Read More
Guest Blog: CAT Business Relief & Pension Planning
This week, we have a guest blog by Paul Murray or Quest Capital Trustees, who sent me an interesting article last week about how pension planning can be used in conjunction with other tax reliefs. The following article is … Read More
What is a fund platform?
There has been a move from using insurance companies for investments to using a fund platform. These have been very popular in the UK for years but are still in their infancy in Ireland. So what are are they and … Read More
What are ETF’s?
More and more people are moving from an active fund management approach to a passive fund management one. Investors are looking to invest in Exchange Traded Funds (ETF’s) but what are they? Is there a difference between an ETF and … Read More