Trevor

Curing Your Holiday Financial Hangover

Wednesday, 06 January 2010 16:21

By the time you read this column chances are that you have spent ...and spent...and spent again to cover the cost of your festive season. Here are some tips on how to recover from a severe financial hangover brought about by all that spending.

Keeping Them in Check

Tuesday, 01 December 2009 16:46

Rapid action by financial authorities and governments in the world’s major economies in the form of stimulus packages has brought the global financial system back from the brink. Stock markets around the world have recovered from the dire levels at the beginning of the year. Nevertheless, after the frightening events of last year, we would not be human if we didn’t have some nagging doubts about the safety of our investments.

Retirement Plans

Tuesday, 28 July 2009 17:56

Life for expats from the U.K. could now be even better thanks to a pension scheme put in place by the British government some three years ago. But, despite the fact that QROPS has been around for quite some time, it would appear that not everybody is in the know!

All that Glitters …

Monday, 29 June 2009 23:04

Trevor takes a look at the current gold market and concludes that now might just be the time to rush to the local market.

One Man’s Rally Is Another’s Recession

Thursday, 28 May 2009 15:41

‘Rally’, ‘recovery’ and ‘rebound’ appear to be the watch-words of the moment, but should we really be so hasty in using them to replace the much touted and much talked of ‘recession’?