Today we’re going to be talking about the big mistake of waiting until… Until what? Well, we mean putting off making decisions until some arbitrary point the future, or until some self-determined set of circumstances come to pass - all will become clear, we hope!   Shownotes: https://meaningfulmoney.tv/BM7  ..read more

Today we revisit the vitally important subject of what the experts call behavioural finance or behavioural economics, which is really the study of how we interact, as emotional human beings, with the cold, hard world of finances. Shownotes: https://meaningfulmoney.tv/BM6  ..read more

We’re carrying on our season of Big Mistakes and today we’re covering the mistake of not planning for later life, which is truly a big mistake. There’s lots to think about in later life and too many people leave it too late, causing problems for themselves and their loved ones. Shownotes: https://meaningfulmoney.tv/BM5  ..read more

Today we’re going to look at the big mistake of Being Too Cautious, or to put it another way, taking too little risk. Obviously we’re talking primarily about investing here, and we want to talk about why risk is your friend and the impact of taking too little risk on your future outcomes. Should be an interesting discussion!   Shownotes: https://meaningfulmoney.tv/BM4  ..read more

We bang on about watching our investing costs all the time. And for good reason - not paying heed to the impact of costs can mean throwing away money unnecessarily.   Shownotes: https://meaningfulmoney.tv/BM3  ..read more

Today we’re going to talk our second big mistake: starting late. Of course this may not be a mistake, it may be the result of circumstance, and as we all know, life doesn’t always conform to the perfection we’d perhaps wish for ourselves. Shownotes: https://meaningfulmoney.tv/BM2 ..read more

In this new season covering some big mistakes that any of us can make with our finances, we start with the mistake of listening to the wrong people. But how can we determine who the wrong people might be? Show Notes: https://meaningfulmoney.tv/BM1 ..read more

Today we’re rounding off Season 27 by covering the last of our big ideas - and it’s one of the raisons d’etre of Meaningful Money, that most people don’t need advice. Shownotes: https://meaningfulmoney.tv/BI10  ..read more

Today we’re covering the ideal order of financial priorities, something Pete and Rog learned early on in their financial planning training. The order was summarised by the acronym PIPSIO Protection Income Protection Pensions Savings Investments Other PIPSIO is nothing more than a useful mnemonic, but it really does serve a purpose. I still remind the advisers at Jacksons of it now and again. Shownotes: https://meaningfulmoney.tv/BI9 ..read more

Today we’re covering a classic piece of financial advice - definitely a Big Idea of investing: Time IN the market, not timing the market! Shownotes: https://meaningfulmoney.tv/BI8   ..read more