The No. 1 risk in personal finance for the next year is that high inflation and rising interest rates give way to a recession.
Things really get interesting after that. The accelerated pace of change lately suggests we will not have a period of financial calm where there is an opportunity to reflect and regroup. Other threats to your financial well-being are out there and likely to become more concerning. Let’s look at three of them:
The health care system
Our health care system too often cannot provide timely care. We will not get this fixed without it costing us…
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What the inverted yield curve means for your portfolio
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As investors digest another 0.75 percentage point interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve, government bonds may be signaling distress in the markets.
Ahead of news from the Fed, the policy-sensitive 2-year Treasury yield climbed to 4.006% on Wednesday, the highest level since October 2007, and the benchmark 10-year Treasury reached 3.561% after hitting an 11-year high this week.
When shorter-term government bonds have higher yields than long-term bonds, which is known as yield curve inversions, it’s viewed as a warning sign for a future recession. And the closely-watched spread between the 2-year…
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Continuity Planning?
Thinking back to Monday 16th March 2020 I remember getting up early. I was due to visit one of our homes in Tewkesbury. I was just about to leave the house when an email landed from a senior Director telling us all to ‘Hold’ all visits and be ready for a conference call that morning. Yes, this was the start of the ‘Lock Down’. With the benefit of hindsight, how ready were we for what was about to happen next?
Our management team has already undertaken various strategic planning exercises. On the 16th March, a ”strategic executive team”…