As dedicated systematic investors [1], we constantly strive to enhance our approach, ensuring it aligns optimally with our financial objectives. In recognition of the inherent unpredictability of short-term market movements, we resist the urge to time …
We all need to have goals in life. Whether as a business or an individual, it’s important to know where you’re heading, what you want the future to look like. Where you see yourself a few years down the line. At Citywide, we’ve just embarked on a fasci …
I am delighted that you could make it. Getting here wasn’t easy, I know. In fact, I suspect it was a little tougher than you realise.” Not the words of a proud wealth planner congratulating a client on achieving their long-term goals (although they cou …
Warren Buffett is one of the most successful investors of all time. The son of an American congressman, he bought his first stock at the tender age of 11 – and filed his first tax return when only 13. Since then he’s gone on to own more than 60 compani …
Becoming a partner is a pivotal moment in anyone’s career. It’s not the kind of opportunity that will just land in your lap. It will only come after many years of hard work and dedication – and it’s not unusual for this landmark moment to take 15 or 20 …
This new round of support follows extensions to the job retention and loan schemes revealed on 17 December 2020.
If every person in the Surrey Hills spent just £5 per week in their local shops and businesses, that would add approx. £9.6 m to the Surrey Hills economy.
Here is the summary of the key announcements in the Chancellor’s Spending Review on 25 November 2020. Despite speculation and a stark forecast from the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), Mr Sunak made no announcements about tax increases. His main …
Over the last few months we’ve been looking at the things you can do to keep your personal finances in good shape while you’re busy running your business. It’s not an easy thing to do, they both take time (often more time than you have available) and i …
It’s not easy being human, try as we might to keep a level head and take an objective view of events, we’re routinely hamstrung by innate mental shortcuts and biases. One of these is our under-appreciation of ‘randomness’. Now, that may in itself sound …
In 2020 we’ve all had to make changes – for the most part distinctly unwelcome ones – to where we go, who we can see, even what we might expect to find in the supermarkets. Still, change can be positive, so it’s good to stop and consider how small step …
Having recently celebrated his 90th birthday, Warren Buffett has become an almost Confucian figure for investors. While the 6th century BC philosopher told us “The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones”, the ‘Oracle of Omaha’ fa …
Back in 2005 HMRC ran a campaign fronted by ex-Tomorrow’s World presenter and all round clever clogs Adam Hart Davis. Beginning with the presenter sinking into the metaphorical sands of a giant hourglass, he proceeds to explain just how important it is …