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In today’s financial climate nothing is secure…. Horror stories of homes lost through failure to meet payments are  still widespread. Buying your home is one of the biggest financial commitments you will ever make, so putting the right cover in place to protect it should be a top priority. When buying your home you will typically be required ...

While confidence in the markets is steadily returning, recent events such as the UK elections and a possible Greek default have shown there is still a degree of fragility amongst investors and fund managers alike. But amidst these blips there have been some great rates of return achieved. So if these lingering doubts are holding ...

I think it’s true to say at this stage that most people are aware at some level of the significant tax benefits of pension planning. However, apart from obviously securing your lifestyle in retirement, are the tax benefits the only reason that pensions are good for you, or are there other reasons to start or ...

Think back 7 short years. A huge US investment bank that few people in Ireland knew much about called Lehman Brothers collapsed and started a shockwave in global banking that had huge ramifications in Ireland. Soon after, we saw the government guarantee scheme, followed by the collapse of Anglo Irish Bank and then the biggest ...

Monkeys are very similar to us in many ways. Most have ten fingers and ten toes and brains much like ours. We enjoy watching them because they often act like us…and probably vice versa sometimes! Minding Financial Monkeys… Pretend that your bills are financial monkeys who are behaving badly and you have dedicated some time to sorting things ...