Visualise your future
Reaching a state of complete financial wellbeing Financial wellbeing ultimately comes from achieving financial security and independence. When you’ve reached a state of financial wellbeing, you’ve got to a point where you have a sufficient level of income for your lifestyle needs, enough capital to give you peace of mind and the knowledge that whatever […]
Creating a total wealth solution
Don’t forget, unwritten goals are just wishes If you do not know where you are going on your life journey, how will you know when you arrive? This is very true about the importance of having financial goals. You need to set financial goals to help you make wise financial decisions, and also as a […]
What do you want from life?
Asking questions that will shape your future Just about everybody wants to become financially secure and independent – so why do so few people get there? One thing is for certain: it very rarely ‘just happens’.
Bull and Bear Markets!
Following a decade-plus of generally rising markets, a meaningful downturn in stocks has unfortunately arrived. We don’t know how bad it will be or how long it will last. We do know that without advice, investors will make costly mistakes. We’ve seen 13 corrections and 8 bear markets in global equities in the last 40 […]
Seven habits of financially astute people.
End your year how you plan to start your next. So what is it to be Financially astute? We are talking about those with more modest means who make the most of their money. … To make the most of their wealth, the financially astute may consciously or unconsciously hold onto a set of money […]
Tax checklist on buying a property
We at 1st Financial Foundations are always looking to update our clients on how to be tax efficient. This is a great article by Alan Pink who offers a helpful list of tax issues to consider when purchasing a property. It’s generally recognised that buying a property comes somewhere on the list of highly stressful activities, […]
