Saving and Investing Archives - Evolution Financial Planning

What’s your magic number?

by Admin | Jun 1, 2021 | Articles, Blog, Financial Planning, Pensions, Retirement, Retiring, Saving and Investing, Working Women

Your five-year plan to a comfortable retirement Retiring is a huge life event. And the very concept of retirement is changing with phased retirement becoming more common. The way we access our pension is now a lot more flexible, and it’s no secret that in the UK we’re...

Show me the money

by Admin | May 28, 2021 | Pensions, Saving and Investing

Turning pensions into money you can use Today, you’ve got a number of options and permutations available when it comes to what to do with your pension in retirement. But lots of choice can also mean increased confusion. Your retirement might seem like a far-off...

Goldilocks economy

by Admin | May 24, 2021 | Financial Advice, Financial Planning, Protecting What Counts, Saving and Investing, Working Women

How to prepare your portfolio for inflation Very low or very high inflation is damaging to the economy. The aim is usually to try and keep the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) at 2% in order to maintain a ‘Goldilocks Economy’ – not too hot, not too cold. Over time,...

Choppy waters, not full-on gale

by Admin | May 20, 2021 | Protecting What Counts, Saving and Investing

Wait for the bad weather to pass and stay the course Volatility fluctuates based on where we are in the economic cycle, but it is a normal feature of markets that investors should expect. When stock markets start correcting, daily injections of bad news may sound as...

Investing for income, growth or both in retirement

by Admin | May 15, 2021 | Blog, Protecting What Counts, Saving and Investing

Turning on the taps for an extra income stream to help you realise your ambitions The best time to start investing was 20 years ago. The second best time to start investing is now. But as you have been building up your investment wealth over the decades, in all...

Parents and grandparents delay passing on wealth

by Admin | May 13, 2021 | Blog, Financial Advice, Parents, Pensions, Protecting What Counts, Retirement, Retiring, Saving and Investing

Growing uncertainty over the future cost of care the main concern Increasingly, we read and hear about how the Bank of Mum and Dad is being stretched to the limit, as children are making increasing calls on its limited resources. However, research shows that a quarter...