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Recession: The word has started surfacing again in economists’ commentary as stocks tumble and central banks worldwide crank up interest rates to combat rampant inflation. The urgent question for your personal economy is: Do you have an emergency fund?

A new term, “exercise guilt,” has cropped up in the past few years to capture the disappointment we feel when our fitness goals go unmet. Like any unmet goal we set for ourselves, it’s helpful to ask, is this guilt the result of falling short or shooting too long?

For investors with a ten-year-plus time horizon, it’s business as usual.

It’s easy to feel like each opportunity could be the last, but that’s not usually the case.

The current market is not what one would call ‘normal’ by any stretch.

The pain of rising mortgage repayments will be harder to bear in some places than in others

Recently skyrocketing oil and gas prices, continued record inflation, and the first of a potential slew of interest rate hikes have led some experts to wonder if a recession is on the horizon.

2022 has been an extremely unkind year to investors. The question is what should investors do now? The answer runs counterintuitive to what you may think.

When a loved one passes away, it can be hard to think straight. Life can be made even harder if a grieving person has to plan a funeral, trawl through paperwork and get to grips with their loved one’s finances.

A followup letter isn’t always a reason for concern.