by O'Hagan Attorneys | Apr 28, 2022 | Saving & Investing
“Time is your friend; impulse is your enemy.” (John Bogle) Debits orders create savings discipline You know how easy it is to spend money on your credit card because the payment is automatic and the pain deferred? The exact same logic applies to investing...
by O'Hagan Attorneys | Apr 28, 2022 | Financial Planning, Saving & Investing
“Life is not complex. We are complex. Life is simple, and the simple thing is the right thing.” (Oscar Wilde) Unit trusts are meant to be simple. They should be a straightforward and cost-effective way to invest in financial markets. Unfortunately, however, the...
by O'Hagan Attorneys | Mar 30, 2022 | Financial Education, Financial Planning, Saving & Investing
“Diversification is the only free lunch in investing.” (Harry Markowitz) In mid-1999 you could have bought shares in Amazon for $80 each. If you had been astute enough to put $50,000 into the company back then, those shares would be worth $17.4 million...
by O'Hagan Attorneys | Mar 30, 2022 | Financial Education, Saving & Investing
It’s all about priorities When we talk about disorder, we don’t necessarily mean calamitous events like divorce or family feuds (although these are both excellent examples). Disorder can simply be the realisation that you don’t actually enjoy living in the dream house...
by O'Hagan Attorneys | Mar 30, 2022 | Saving & Investing
“Guilt, of course, is feeling bad about one’s actions, but shame is feeling bad about oneself.” (Greg Boyle) When we have problems with money, we tend to feel that they are our own fault. Recently, a group of behavioural economists published research that...
by O'Hagan Attorneys | Mar 30, 2022 | Quote of the Month, Saving & Investing
Quote #1 UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres – “The war in Ukraine not only has a huge impact on the lives of civilians but also has global consequences…Developing countries already in dire situations can simply not afford skyrocketing prices of food,...
