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Publications

Blog Posts

Self Administered Pension - Tread Carefully! Blog 172

Take Your 25% Tax Free Lump Sum, Or Not?? Blog 171

The Value of Financial Advice & Ask Me Anything....Blog 169

Pensions for Business Owners - 3 Pitfalls! Blog 168

Where Do We Go From Here....Blog 167

The Worst Time To Invest, Ever. Blog 166

One Hundred Years of Recessions! Blog 165

Large Vs Small investing in Ireland in 2020 and beyond....Blog 164

2020 Vision & 'Ask Me Anything'! Blog 163

Ketamine and Fear/Greed in Irish Investing - Blog 162

Taxation of Investment Trusts versus UCITs - Blog 160

Investment Trusts in Ireland Blog 159

The A to Z Of Financial Service Acronyms (TATZOFSA!) Blog 158

Tax on investments in Ireland - A Plea! Blog 157

Your Life In 1 Week - Blog 156

Opportunity Cost & a conversation with my wife! Blog 155

Investment Losses Loom Larger Than Gains - Blog 154

Managed Funds fail to beat the market, most of the time! Blog 153

Successful Investing - Buffett Style! Blog 152

What is the Standard Fund Threshold Ireland? Blog 151

Certainty or Returns, Pick One! Blog 150

The Big 4 & The Slow Dance - Blog 149

Will 2020 Be The Best Year Ever For Irish Investors?! Blog 148

How Does An ARF Work & Retirement Income 'Guardrails' - Blog147

5 Occasions When You Should Ignore Your Financial Advisor - Blog 146

What Will You Do With Your Money?! - Blog 145

What Happens My Pension When I, You Know...!? Blog 144

The Best Investments 2020 - The Lock-Down Edition! Blog 143

Time For The Financial Advice Profession To Pull Up It's Socks? -Sunday Times 26.04.2020

Buy Property With A Pension? Blog 141

The Dawn or Dusk of The Independent Financial Advisor in Ireland? Blog 140

Are Equities For The Scrap Heap!? Blog 139

What To Do With My Investments and Pensions In A Declining Market? Blog 138

Davy GPS Funds - An Independent Analysis. Blog 137

Have You Already Achieved Financial Independence!? Blog 136

Are Irish Commercial Property Funds In Trouble? Blog 135

5 Signs You Need to Engage an Independent Financial Advisor - Blog 134

A Review Of Absolute Return Funds in Ireland - Blog 133

Where Were Market Values When You We Born?? Blog 132

Invest In Equities Now Or Wait For The Crash (Part II) - Blog 131

Investing in Emerging Market Index Funds in Ireland Blog 130

Finding Financial Advice in Ireland You Can Trust - Blog 129

How To Build an Investment Portfolio in Ireland? Blog 128

The Best Multi-Asset Investment Funds in Ireland - Blog 127

Blog 125: Advisor Alpha....or Omega - Financial Advice Ireland!?

Top 10 Financial Planning Tips - Blog 126

What Is Financial Planning? Blog 124

What Will Website Be Like In 100 Years?

10 Quick Tips About Blogging

Self Administered Pension Fund? If It Looks Like A Duck, Quacks Like A Duck.....Blog 123

Blog122: Using Annuity And ARF Combined To Generate Income In Retirement

What Fees Are On My ARF Pension? Blog121

Taking Income From An ARF & Spending Strategies - Blog 120

How Early Can I Retire? Blog 119

Blog118: Duracell-ARF...Making Your ARF Last Longer!

Blog117: How Long Will My ARF Last?

Blog116: Investing In Bonds In Retirement

Blog 115: Should I Buy an ARF? Blog 115

Generating Income In Retirement, ARF or Annuity? What To Choose? Blog 114

Blog113: A Life-Changing Sum Of Money

Blog112: The Spice Girls - 20 Years Of Inflation

Blog111: How To Reduce Inheritance Tax

Blog110: 5 Common Retirement Planning Mistakes To Avoid

Blog109: How To Build A Pension Pot Of €1m?

Blog108: Beware This Killer Bias

Blog107: Diversification Vs Asset Allocation.....

Blog 106: The Best Way To Invest €500,000??

Blog105: Why We Are Rubbish At Investing

Blog104: Retirement Relief In Ireland?

Episode127: What If My Pension Fund Doesn't Perform?

Blog103: What If My Funds Don't Perform....?

Invest in a Pension or Save in a Bank Account!? Blog 102

Blog101: Are Irish Pensions A Waste Of Your Time & Money.....

How To Invest An Inheritance? Blog 100

Annual Declines Of -13.9%....Blog 99

Blog#98: Defined Benefit - Should I Stay Or I Should I Go Now....

Should I Invest Now Or Wait For A Crash? Blog 97