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Informed Choice Radio Personal Finance Podcast

Jan 28, 2019

The vast majority of us are suffering from money worries, with more than three quarters of employees saying money worries impact them at work.

That's according to new research from Close Brothers, who found 25 million people in the UK are affected by money worries at work and two in five employees worry about their...


Jan 25, 2019

At some point in your life, you're going to have to switch from being a saver to being a spender.

This usually happens as a result of that big life event that is retirement. And it's a huge mental shift.

After a lifetime of forging a savings habit, giving that up and spending your savings instead of adding to them can...


Jan 21, 2019

 

We hear a lot about Millennials and their challenges with money. Rarely a week goes by when this generation isn't being slated in the press for their failure to get onto the property ladder - or their obsession with smashed avocado on toast.

It's therefore no surprise that more than half of Millennials are freaked out...


Jan 18, 2019

We're all biased, whether consciously or unconsciously. But what happens when that bias enters the financial advice you receive? In this episode, I'm sharing a couple of examples of bias when it comes to financial advice, explaining how to recognise it and what you can do to make sure advice is unbiased.


Jan 14, 2019

When it comes to investing, things sometimes go wrong.

There's risk involved when investing your money. Companies sometimes suffer a dramatic, even a catastrophic fall, in their share price.

When this happens, investors lose out and employees lose their jobs.

But my guest today says a company's published accounts...